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very marked peculiarity in my garden, especially the orange-yellow var- 

 iety " Klondyke." It usually grows eight to ten feet high and flowers 

 abundantly from August to November. Plants of self-sown seed, how- 

 ever, flower early and when only a few inches high. They light up the 

 garden wonderfully at present. On the verandas the exquisite purple 

 Bignonia speciosa and the bright yellow Bigoyiia Tweediana expand 

 their large and showy flower-trumpets. The coral plant {,Russellia jun- 

 cea) with tall spikes of brilliant red flowers, and Cuphea ruicropetala, bear- 

 ing an abundance of large yellow and red blossoms, the indigo-blue 

 eranthemum i.Daedacala?ithus nervosus) with charming deep-blue flowers, 

 and the hortensia (^Hydrangea horteyisis) are at their best now. The 

 latter here bears immense deep-blue flower-trusses, instead of rosy-red 

 ones, which is the typical color. The bottle brush shrubs, particularly 

 Callistemon speciosus,yN\'Cii bright scarlet flowers, the deeper scarlet C. 

 rigidus and the closely-packed, very intense, glowing deep crimson 

 Metrosideras lanceolatus almost vie in beauty and floriferousness with 

 the oleanders. A small growing species with creamy-white flower bushes 

 and a large straggling kind with purplish blossoms will come into flower 

 a little later. These Australian shrubs do exceedingly well in Florida. 

 Allamanda Wi/liamsii and A. 7ieriifoliairon\ the American tropics begin 

 to expand their bright yellow bell-shaped flowers on a background of 

 dense glossy foliage. They will flower abundantly until cut down by 

 frost late in fall. No other plant in flower at present attracts so much 

 attention as Bauhinia purpurea. The luxuriant foliage as well as the 

 large and charming flowers remind us that we are in a semi-tropical 

 clime. The large glaucous two-lobed leaves are very unique among 

 garden plants. The main attraction, however, are the multitudes of 

 blossoms, somewhat similar in size, shape, and coloration to those of 

 Cattleya mossiae. They show a combination of a delicate rose, rich pur- 

 ple, yellow, and brown. This shrub or small tree never fails to excite 

 the enthusiasm of every flower lover. The white species, B . acuminata., 

 is continually in flower and its large pure white blossoms are very showy. 

 The rose, though mostly a winter bloomer, is the undisputed queen 

 of all the flowering plants in every garden where it receives careful at- 

 tention. In Florida the Noisette roses, the tea and hybrid tea roses, the 

 polyantha and Banksia roses, and a number of hybrid perpetual roses 

 have found a congenial home. They are seen everywhere in unexcelled 

 beauty and in the greatest profusion and luxuriance. The glowing deep 

 red Agrippina and the Pink Daily are the most common of all. In 

 old gardens we may often come across immense bushes of them and they 

 are flowering almost constantly, needing very little coaxing, which is 

 necessary in the case of the finer hybrids. The yellow, deliciously 

 fragrant Marechal Niel — my particular favorite — is in the full splendor 



