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k : fr. an elongated cap 

 iih 2 valres separatinf 

 !'• seeds are attached 

 itli 2 large, thin wings 

 iral natural subgenera 

 e botanists as distiuc 

 Alfred Rehdek. 



land gardens. « 

 flowers it is visitt 

 insects. Owing t 

 from the ground, 

 screen for unsiglil 

 ripens its seed so i 



the former. The 



linal 



green 



lid the 



mimIIi r and without fragrance and the color i 

 U'lif' r yllow. It also flowers several weeks earlier 

 Kin 7". ^tans. The foliage looks crimped and often 

 lackisli, being attacked by a kind of aphis and by 

 Bveral fungi. 



T. Smith a is said to be a hybrid between T. niollin 

 nd T. f'rtprns-i.t, raised near Melbourne, Australia, by 

 Ir I'M'.vhi Smith. Tlw plant comes true from seed, ami 



■ ■< I I "lit a year old, beginning to 



I \illow and reddish trumpets 

 \i I ' ! I , ; villi short intervals until cut 



:^:^'.. 



"^m 





^ 



.>r^ 





shrub 1 



Tlje 



: Ion; 



<u ilai on the ground, readily strike 

 • .■II. lit material for propagation. 

 7'. Sttiifhii are the only Tecomas 

 lower fairly well as pot-plants in 

 es. They need good soil and rather 

 ■II. If not well cared for they lose 

 e and look poor and unshapely. 

 iNjH I fnM'per, T. ijrdmU flora, is the 

 ! 1. ■■_, „us of all the climbing sjie- 

 !■ I'll a large pine stump, about 



2474. TecomaSmithii(XM). 

 Trumpet Vines in the Sottth.-A11 the ' 



least once a yi- 

 gen, and a hea 

 The bushy kin 



i.. .; ii.(iis, tins one is iniosten i.iy a A-ora- 

 :, ulihli devours the leaves greedily. 



I ■ I Im.|.|i. IS also attack the lower foliage. 



;/,,,./ ^n.ws wrll in the poor sandy soil, per- 

 ixuriant shoots 2r)-30 ft. long in one season if 

 lized. Like our native species, this one is de- 



tive Trumpet Creeper, T. radicans, is very 

 11 the soiit^liirn woodlands and fields. There is 

 .ri.ty in tlir liiilliancyof the blossoms. This 

 -!ltni olant im- covering the bare trunks of 



the tnipiral I'.iliai;-.' ..I' 1 Im> a I l.aiiLalH las. 1 li 1 1 1 1 1 i. l;j ias and 

 Cleroilri:^li"H 'I'hniii irioii.t . vvliirli all ll.iucral Ilii'Same 

 time. 'J':r,,,il,t .ilnu. ,alMl /■..,,-,/ »^/ ///.'/. ^ .-in- ill.- tWO 

 showiest spc.-i.'~ ..| l l.. '.mi . i h. I.H 1. r l^ i .: ,1 ,•' I ml.ia-, 



flowering abiiii.laM' ' i., ii .,imI .Imims .'.hii- iii- iii.: 



one is a lar^c-v! s i ' ' .•.,.,.. .| i ' . i k 



mense coryiniis , .' ',,■., i-~ il,. i..' :. i- |.,iri ..: 



November and .a ' i i > . ; i .. i-. 



The Yellow l',l i ■ / , Lia.ws .x.a .alin-ly well 



on high pine-Ian. I ilv at inaiic in l-'lorida, 



attaining an inn . . ,. . . II I. itilr/a .i aii.l innli-lied, 



dense masses Is _.. ii. in;;!, ami ;ls iiuich tiiruugh being 

 not at all rare. Tlii.s Tecunia is the glory of the south 

 Florida gardens in autumn, as is the beautiful Ban- 

 hinin purpurea in April, never failing to call forth en- 

 thusiastic admiration from all beholders. No shrub is 

 better adapted for the new settlers in the sandy pine- 



a tall, rampant 

 shine, but it m 

 weather an nbn 

 also provps v.-vv 



In good soil it grows in o 

 iil.ering from tree to tree. 

 Ill and Caffraria, demands 

 mulch of stable manure. I 

 the woody branches after 



