164 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 
Solandra guttata is considerably cultivated in lower Florida 
and is asprawler with immensely elongated flowers with a swollen, 
yellow, purple-striped tube. I have never seen S. grandiflora in 
cultivation but presume it would do well here. 
Solanum. A large genus containing several ornamental vines. 
S. seaforthianum has cut leaves and clusters of rich blue flowers 
with yellow stamens. It bears bright red berries which the 
mocking birds take in exchange for music and as soon as this 
plant is established on one’s place these birds scatter the seeds 
all over so that one soon has these charming vines everywhere. 
S. wendlandi is a much stronger grower, climbing high by means 
of prickles on the backs of the leaves and on the stems. Its 
flowers are of considerable size, in immense clusters, pale blue 
with yellowish center. A large vine of this in full bloom is a 
sight worth going a long way to see. Both are of easy culture 
in pine or hammock. Both are from the American Tropics and 
are tender. 
Stephanotis floribunda is a fine hothouse vine from Madagascar 
with opposite, thick, elliptic leaves and clusters of waxy, fragrant 
white flowers. I have a vine in the edge of the hammock which 
has climbed to the top of a live oak and every June is covered 
with blossoms. 
Stigmaphyllum ciliatum is a delicate vine bearing umbels of 
large golden blossoms with fringed petals which does fairly well 
with me but would stand only a little frost. 
Tecoma. Handsome climbers or shrubs from the warmer 
parts of the world, having pinnate leaves and trumpet-shaped 
flowers; commonly called Trumpet vines. 7. australis is an 
evergreen climber with white flowers; in 7. ricasolina they are 
pink, striped red; 7. grandiflora has large orange scarlet flowers, 
very floriferous and showy; T. jasminoides has rosy blossoms. 
All of these are hardy throughout most of the state and are among 
the finest of garden ornaments. TJ. capensis from South Africa 
has scarlet flowers borne all through the year and is a sprawler, 
but can be grown as a shrub. It is also quite hardy. All the 
Tecomas like good soil and plenty of feed, though they grow on 
' pine land. Heavy mulching is beneficial and nitrogenous fertil- 
izer is a great help. 
