IN FLORIDA III 



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. 



Osmanihus 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. 



