IN FLORIDA 165 
Tacsonia is a genus of climbers closely related to Passiflora. 
I have repeatedly tried them and have failed with them. They 
do well in the open in northern California. 
Thunbergia. There are quite a number of species of climbers 
in this genus, all deserving of culture. TJ. alata is grown as an 
annual in the north but here in lower Florida and the tropics it 
is a perennial. Although a native of South Africa it has become 
naturalized in the West Indies. There are three varieties, white, 
deep buff and pale yellow, and each of these has a variation with 
a dark throat. When once established in one’s grounds they are 
- likely to remain, propagating themselves by seeds. T. erecta is 
a sprawling shrub which seems to like partial shade: it delights 
to grow up among other shrubbery, half climbing among it. T. 
grandiflora and T. laurifolia are fine vines with blue flowers. T. 
coccinea has scarlet flowers but has not been tried here to my 
knowledge. All should be grown in lower Florida. 
Vallaris heynei is a twining shrub with smooth, opposite leaves 
and pretty white, salver-shaped flowers. I have a specimen that 
has climbed to the top of a tree in the hammock and is doing 
finely. It is from the Oriental Tropics. 
Trachelospermum jasminoides, Confederate Jessamine. A fine 
twiner with abundant, starry, white blossoms that are deliciously 
fragrant. Rabbits are so fond of the plants that it has been 
impossible for me to grow it. It is hardy and, I think, a success 
generally in the state. 
Wistaria. A few species do well in the cooler parts of Florida. 
W. brachybotra and var. rubra, W. chinensis and var. alba are 
fine. 
Zebrina pendula, which translated means the old Tradescantia 
zebrina or Wandering Jew, is an example of the constant changes 
of names in the books apparently for no purpose whatever but 
to change, and which keeps the student constantly confused. It 
is grown all over the country and in South Florida frequently 
becomes partly established in moist shady places. There are a 
couple of plain-leaved forms which are not nearly so fine as the 
striped variety. They are tender. 
