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are doing finely with me. They are tender and should be grown 
in a moist, shaded place. 
Phyllocactus. A genus of flat-stemmed cacti of which C. 
latifrons is a sprawler. It has large white noctural flowers and 
is epiphytic. I have a fine plant growing on a live oak in my 
hammock. 
Piper. Pepper, Black Pepper. One of the species, P. futokad- 
sura, has been tried in Florida and it is somewhat hardy as it is 
from Japan; P. porphyrophyllum is a beautiful climber with 
cordate leaves six inches long, deep bronzy green above with 
numerous pink spots, the under surface dull purple. It ought to 
be tried in lower Florida in moist hammock. 
Pithecoctenium clematideum and P. muricatum are allied to Big- 
nonia and have white or whitish flowers. P. aubleti has pale rose 
flowers and large, rough pods which are quite striking. I have 
introduced this with many other interesting things from Cuba. 
Porana paniculata is a rapid grower with small white flowers, 
related to the morning glories. It is cultivated by Professor 
Nehrling at Gotha. 
Pothos. Two species are in cultivation here, P. aurea being 
a rampant grower with large cordate leaves often fourteen by 
eighteen inches, sometimes lobed, green, streaked and splashed 
with straw color. PP. argyraea is more delicate with one-sided 
gray green leaves spotted white. Both climb by air roots and 
delight in warm, moist, shaded places. 
Pueraria thunbergiana, Kudzu Vine, is perfectly hardy and is a 
wonderfully vigorous grower with trifoliate leaves and purple 
flowers. It should succeed all over the state and is valuable for 
screens. 
Quisqualis indica. A climbing shrub from tropical Asia and 
Africa with opposite leaves and clusters of rather small hand- 
some reddish flowers which change color throughout the day. 
It does well in lower Florida. 
Rosa, The Rose. But little need be added to what I have 
already said of this genus. Among climbers Cherokee, Climb- 
ing Devoniensis, Lamarck, Macartney, Marechal Niel, Ramona, 
Solfaterre and a few others will be likely to do well in Florida. 
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