. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. CONVOLVULUS FAMILY CYPRESS VINE Ipom&a qudmocUt. An annual twining vine with feathery foUage and small, bright-red flowers. Native of tropical America. Summer. 5/e>».âTwining, reaches fifteen to twenty feet. ieo'ww.âPinnately parted into slender almost thread-like divisions. Flowers.âBright-red, diurnal, small for the genus; peduncles one to six-flowered. Calyx.âFive-lobed. Corolla.âAn inch to an inch and a half long, scarlet; the tube narrowly funnel-form, inf
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. CONVOLVULUS FAMILY CYPRESS VINE Ipom&a qudmocUt. An annual twining vine with feathery foUage and small, bright-red flowers. Native of tropical America. Summer. 5/e>».âTwining, reaches fifteen to twenty feet. ieo'ww.âPinnately parted into slender almost thread-like divisions. Flowers.âBright-red, diurnal, small for the genus; peduncles one to six-flowered. Calyx.âFive-lobed. Corolla.âAn inch to an inch and a half long, scarlet; the tube narrowly funnel-form, inflated above; the border nearly flat, five-lobed. Stamens.âFive, exserted; stig- ma capitate. Capsule.âOvoid, four-celled; cells one-seeded. The delicate feathery foli- age of the Cypress Vine makes a beautiful background for the little scarlet flowers that " , â ,. stand out so clearly against Cypress Vine. Ipomcea quwmoclU it. The vine is a good strong grower and will do well in partial shade. There is a white variety. SWEET-POTATO Ipomwa batatas. The Sweet-potato of the market is a trailing vine of the Morn- ing-glory group that produces an edible root. The origin of the present cultivated form is unknown, but believed to be a product of tropical America. We know certainly that it was cultivated by the aborigines when America was discovered, but its wild form has never yet been found. 358. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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