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1922.\ DECOBATIVE FLOWERING PLANTS. 23 



HilmrAiii mntahilis. Ch.angeable Rose. Seedlings or catlings 5 cents. 



A quick-growing shrub with large, showy flowers about 5 inches in 

 diameter. These open in the e:irly morning, pure white, change to a 

 delicate rose pink by mid-day and to dull red in the evening, when they 

 finally close. There are single and double s'arieties. There is also a variety 

 which opens pale pink in the morning. 



Hihiscm rO'i^i-''iiieiisis vars. Rooted cuttings .j cents. 



A shrubby plant the conmion varieties of which are largeW used for 

 hedges to cacao plantations. Various forms of the species have been 

 utilised by hybridists in Trinidad and other parts of the world, and there 

 are now about 120 varieties in the Botanic Gardens collection, the 

 majority of which have been raised in the Colony, largely by the 

 Venerable Archdeacon Hombersley. The double red and pink varieties 

 look very pretty grown as standards, i.e., with one straight stem several 

 feet high, and a head of foliage and flowers on the top. 



Homslioldia sawjuinea. Chinese Hrtt. Rooted cuttings 10 cents. 



A medium sized shrub with scarlet flowers and a shallow, cup-hke, 

 orange coloured, persistent calyx from which it takes its common name. 



Ixo7'a coccinea. Flame Flower. Rid Ixora. Plants 10 cents. 



A medium sized shrub with alternating pairs of dark green, 

 somewhat leathery leaves and trusses of deep, coral red flowers borne 

 abundantly throughout the year. 



Ixora lutea. Yellow Ixora. Plants 10 cents. 



Very similar in habit to the preceding, but usually rather sma'ler 

 and with flowers a deep canary yellow. It is a diflicult plant to 

 propagate as it does not come true from seed, and layers with difticulty. 

 The most practicable way is by suckers. 

 Jaaminum (jrandiflorum. Jasmine. Rooted cuttings 20 cents. 



A woody climber with drooping branches and white, star-shaped, 

 very fragrant flowers. 

 Jatropha midtijida. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A medium sized shrub with succulent stems, much divided handsome 

 leaves, and brilliant scarlet heads of flowers. 



Larjerslroemia mdica. Queen of flowers. Crepe Flower. Rooted cuttings 5 cents. 

 A shrub with slender, erect branches bearing very beautiful, terminal, 

 many flowered inflorescences, the petals of the flowers being beautifully 

 fringed and curved. There are several varieties pink, white, red, etc. 

 The plants should be pruned after flowering. In wet locaUties they 

 make a good ornamental hedge. 



Lawsonia alha. West Indian Mignonette. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A shrubby plant with small leaves and long terminal racemes of very 

 fragrant, small creamy white flowers. The henna of the Egyptians. 



Myosotis palmtris. Forget-me-not. Plants 5 cents. 



A well known, blue flowered, perennial plant of low growth. It is best 

 during the wet season and is useful for small beds or as edgings to 

 larger ones. In the dry season plants should be transferred to a shady 

 spot and kept well watered. 



