60 THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL 



The flowers come in numerous umbels of delicate 

 pink and are wax-like in texture. 



Loniceras are the honeysuckles, of which we have 

 several species and varieties. All are fairly hardy, 

 will thrive in any soil or position and produce a fra- 

 grance when in bloom that makes their presence 

 known at a very considerable distance. They are 

 splendid all-purpose vines. 



Muehlenbeckia complexa, the wire vine, is a native 

 of New Zealand, where it climbs over and obtains a 

 foothold in the rocks where no soil is in evidence, 

 right on the bare sea-wall and within the spray of 

 salt water. It will therefore thrive on the misty 

 beach or in the driest situations. 



Jasmines are common in all parts of California 

 and we grow at least a half dozen hardy species hav- 

 ing mostly white flowers, though Jasminum primu- 

 linum, having primrose-yellow flowers, is the jewel 

 of the lot, and J. humile, known as J. revolutum, is 

 a half-shrubby species also having yellow flowers. 

 There are no poor species of jasmines. 



Passion vines are not so popular as they were a 

 score of years ago for they are usually attacked by 

 hordes of caterpillars which quickly and completely 

 defoliate them. They have white, blue, or purple 

 flowers ; and one, the best of the lot, Passiflora prin- 

 ceps, has half -closed, drooping bells of dull red. 



We usually grow but one phaseolus as an orna- 

 mental, P. caracalla, the snail vine, bearing curious, 

 large, snail-like flowers of purple and yellow. 



Pithecoctenium muricatum has a name all out of 

 proportion to its small white and yellow trumpet 

 flowers. It is, however, a free bloomer and is closely 

 allied to the bignonias. 



Everyone knows the lovely blue of Plumbago 



