IN FLORIDA ELD 
being sometimes as large as a man’s thigh. It is a most striking 
plant but it has never done well for me. 
Cereus serpentinus. I first discovered this plant in a Floridian 
locality on shell mounds in McGill’s Bay, near Terra Ceia on the 
west coast; then later on several of the lower keys and the ex- 
treme southern mainland. It is a sprawler and bears large, 
handsome nocturnal white flowers. It has not done very well 
for me here but succeeded admirably at Bradentown. 
Osmanthus americanus, Florida Olive, is a fine large shrub with 
thick, lance-oblong leaves and panicles of dull white, fragrant 
flowers. It is hardy all over the state. 
Lantana camara. A half shrubby plant or bush with rough 
stems and leaves and umbels of strong-scented, yellow flowers. 
It will grow on pine or hammock land. 
Callicarpa americana is another half-shrub related to Lantana 
having dense clusters of purple berries in whorls on the stems. 
It grows usually in the edges of hammocks. 
Tecoma stans, or Yellow Elder, is too well known over the south 
half of the state to need any description. It is the Queen of the 
Autumn here, being covered at intervals for months with great 
clusters of golden trumpets. It comes up in gardens very freely 
from naturally planted seed and these plants are so cheerful and 
beautiful I never have the heart to destroy them. It is natural- 
ized in lower Florida. 
ORNAMENTAL NATIVE VINES. 
Vanilla eggersi, Florida Vanilla. This curious vine is found in 
a few hammocks in the lower part of the state. It has thick 
round stems and almost scale-like leaves and clusters of purplish 
green, fragrant flowers. V. articulata, a closely related species 
grows wild over the same territory as eggersi. If planted at the 
foot of trees they will climb up them. 
Rosa setigera, the common Prairie Rose found from Ontario to 
Texas, is also a native of northern Florida and is widely cultivated. 
It should do well anywhere in the northern part of the state. 
Rosa cherokeensis, Cherokee Rose, is too well known to need 
any comment. It is hardy all over the state and is generally 
useful wherever a climbing plant is needed. 
