1922.'\ DECORATIVE ELOWEBING PLANTS. 25 



■'Thevetia nereifoUa. Lucky Bean. Seedlings 5 cent?. 



A small native tree with narrow, shiny green leaves, and tubular 

 brilliant yellow flowers. The fruits yellow when ripe, contain a single, 

 triangular shaped seed lined around the margin and down the centre. 

 The latter, known as "lucky beans," are carried by some people in their 

 purses, worn as watch charms, or given to represent good luck. They 

 are also put into the hands of babies at birth for the same purpose. 

 In [ndia they are known as a cattle poison. 



'Thunhergia erecta. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A small shrub, with stiff, erect branches a few feet high and tubular 

 flowers, purple, with an orange-coloured throat. 



Thunberf/ia erecta alha. Seedlings 5 cents. 



This plant is similar to the above but has white flowers with a 

 yellow tube. 



Turnera ulmifolia var. elegans. Rooted cuttings 5 cents. 



A beautiful flowering shrub of low growth with pale yellow or 

 sulphur-coloured flowers, purplish brown at the base. They open in the 

 morning and close about mid-day. 



Decorative Climbers. 



.AUammda cathartica. Rooted cuttings 5 cents. 



A scandent shrub with handsome yellow flowers, tubular below, 

 expanding above to a diameter of about 3 inches. Very attractive over 

 arches, pergolas, etc. 



Antigonon Leptopus. Corallita (single pink). Seedlings 5 cents. 



A beautiful climber commonly grown in Trinidad for covering 

 arbours, etc. There is also a white variety. 



Argyreia specicsa. Elephant Climber. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A strong handsome climber with large heart-shaped leaves of a 

 silvery colour beneath. The corolla is funnel-shaped, purple at first and 

 deepening with age. 



Aridolochia elegans. Swan Flower. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A slender stemmed, pretty climbing plant with heart-shaped leaves 

 and solitary flowers, heart-shaped in outline. In colour they are heavily 

 marked reddish purple on a white ground ; velvety in appearance at the 

 base of the greenish yellow tube. 



Asparagu'i plumosus. Asparagus. Seedlings 10 cents. 



A graceful evergreen climber with dense fern-like foliage. It is 

 useful for training over arbours or for hoHse decoration. 



Beaumontia grandiflora. Plants 25 cents. 



A strong woody climber the young branches and leaves of which 

 have a rusty appearance. The flowers are pure white, very large, and 

 tubular in shape, and are in much demand for wreath making and 



-church decorations. 



