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Fort Myers. All except the last have yellow blossoms and all 
are sprawlers and may be made to grow as shrubs. A. wil- 
liamsi is a half climber and is very floriferous. All are a little 
tender but might be grown well up the state if a mound of earth 
were banked around their stems every winter. 
Ambelopsis veitchi has failed with me, probably on account of 
the limy soil. It should be hardy over the whole state. 
Antigonon leptopus, Mountain Rose. Probably there is no 
more intense pink color anywhere in nature than in the flowers 
of this Mexican vine. It has hastate leaves, climbs by tendrils, 
and the flowers in compound spikes are produced through the 
whole year. Many years ago I was in Port au Prince, Haiti, 
and seeing for the first time this glorious vine, which grew in 
great magnificence, I was anxious to know its name. I became 
acquainted with a merchant who seemed desirous of serving me 
and he said he could tell me the names of any trees or plants I 
wanted to know. So I took him to where a fine specimen of this 
was in full bloom and asked him what it was. He struck an 
attitude, threw up both hands and exclaimed ‘‘O that iss a 
flow-wer.” 
Argyreia. A genus of handsome vines closely related to Ipo- 
moea. I. tiliaefolia has large, heart-shaped leaves that are sil- 
very silky beneath, and attractive rosy purple flowers. In A. 
cymosa the leaves are smaller and not silvery below. They are 
of easy culture if well fertilized. 
Aristolochia, Birthwort. Many species in temperate to 
tropical countries, the flowers very odd, with curved, often in- 
flated, sometimes U-shaped tubes. In A. grandiflora the outline 
of the flower is something like that of a bird; the face of the corolla 
is variegated with lurid purple and it has a long, twisted tail. It 
emits a terrible odor which probably attracts insects that crawl 
down its throat and cannot get out on account of reversed hairs 
init. There are one or two others occasionally cultivated here, 
all probably natives of tropical forests, which should have rich 
soil and shelter. A. sipho is a hardy species which would proba- 
bly do well in the northern part of the state. 
Bauhinia vahli is a giant vine with immense cloven leaves, the 
Malu of the lower Himalaya region. It runs for immense dis- 
