1 64 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



Solandra guttata is considerably cultivated in lower Florida 

 and is a sprawler 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. T. australis is an 

 evergreen climber with white flowers; in T. ricasolina they are 

 pink, striped red; T. 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. T. 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. 



