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. T. 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. 



