158 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



tances among and over the trees in the forest and has great clus- 

 ters of white flowers. I have a young vine which is doing well. 



Beaumontia grandiflora is a superb vine with large, white fra- 

 grant flowers, which has been successfully cultivated as far north 

 as Tampa. Reasoner says that it is grand at Oneco. It is re- 

 lated to the oleander. 



Bignonia. A genus of vines containing some of our finest 

 garden ornaments. B. capreolata and var. atrosanguinea are 

 hardy all over the state; B. Iweediana is a delicate vine with 

 yellow flowers, which clings by adventive roots and is quite 

 hardy; B. speciosa is a grand vine with glossy, dark leaves and 

 great clusters of large, purplish flowers, also somewhat hardy; 

 B. argyreo-violescens has its leaves elegantly variegated with 

 purple; B. buccinatoria from Mexico has evergreen leaves and 

 flowers over two inches across and four in length, of a rich blood 

 color; B. venusta bears immense clusters of fiery orange, long- 

 tubed flowers in late winter and spring, one of the finest garden 

 ornaments of lower Florida. 



Bougainvillea. Sprawling vines with simple leaves and incon- 

 spicuous flowers, each subtended by a brilliant bract; when in 

 bloom they are among the most gorgeous plants in cultivation. 

 B. glabra and var. sanderiana are commonly cultivated and are 

 much used at the north. B. spectabilis is a stronger grower; 

 both have dazzlingly purple bracts. B. lateritia may be only a 

 variety of the latter: it has brick-red bracts. The two former 

 are grown from half hardened cuttings or layers but the latter 

 is difficult to propagate. There are those who disclaim against 

 these gorgeous colors but nature has made them and on occasion 

 uses them lavishly and I confess I am barbarian enough to admire 

 them. 



Chlorocodon whitei is a strong growing vine with large, opposite 

 leaves and axillary clusters of odd flowers which is easily grown. 

 Probably tender. 



Cereus. Several species are scandent and are cultivated in 

 South Florida. C. grandiflorus and C. nycticalus are a good deal 

 alike, having angled, spiny stems and large white nocturnal flow- 

 ers, the former fragrant. C. triangularis has three-winged stems 

 and immense white, nocturnal blossoms. C. pitajaya (?) is a 



