. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. IPOMCEA tion, Mina, Pkarbitis and Quamoclit. Convolvtilicece. Morning-Glort. Moonflower. Over 300 species of annual or perennial herbs, mostly twininir. rarely trees ( 7:364) or shrubs, widely (listribiiteil in tropical and temperate regions. They are fur uasy cul- ture, quick growth and beau
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. IPOMCEA tion, Mina, Pkarbitis and Quamoclit. Convolvtilicece. Morning-Glort. Moonflower. Over 300 species of annual or perennial herbs, mostly twininir. rarely trees ( 7:364) or shrubs, widely (listribiiteil in tropical and temperate regions. They are fur uasy cul- ture, quick growth and beautiful Mowers; hence the genus includes several of our moM popular plants for covering verandas and - _ m above is a record of unsuccessful atteuipi- i" liihl - on,lant characters by which this large and variable genus may be separated into smaller and more definite groups. It is distinguished from Convolvulus, its nearest ally, by having but 1 capi- tate or 2-3 globose stigmas, while Convolvulus has 2 linear or ovate stigmas. Stem mostly slender, twining or climbing, sometimes prostrate, diffuse or erect; leaves alternate, entire, lobed or parted, often varying greatly on the same plant ; flowers usually showy, borne singly or in cymes on axillary peduncles ; corolla fun- nelform, salverform or bell-shaped (in one species bag-shaped), the limb sometimes entire, but usually 5-angIed or 5-Iobed, red, purple, blue, white or yellow, in various shades and mixtures; calyx without the bracts at the base, which appear in some species of Convol- vulus, but the outer sepals are commonly larger. The flowers of most species open in early morning and last but a few hours under bright sunlight, hence the popu- lar name. A few open only at night-fall. "The .Japanese Morning-Glories," also called "Impe- rial" and "Emperor" Morning-Glories, were introduced to the American trade from Japan in 1S95. They are probably selected strains of /. hederaceii, although s
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