■ souther 



where 



of the chai 



of thai 



estify 



who have seen it in bloom. A plant of this n 



into bloom, will be found on one of the trellises in house no. 13" 



In the house which holds the Cherokee rose will be found 



different line — it is brilliant and striking in color. This plant, 

 Bignonia venusta, from Brazil, graces a column and part of the 

 rafters, an environment well suited to bring out its habit and to 

 show its effectiveness and use in conservatory decoration, its clus- 

 ters of rich red flowers hanging down in festoons. 



Now in full bloom in this same house is a plant which will de- 

 light the heart of all southerners — this is the yellow jessamine 

 of the southern states, where it clambers on fences and over 

 shrubs and small trees, its bright yellow flowers dear to all hearts, 

 for they come as winter wanes, the first harbinger of spring, and 

 a sign that nature is again astir. It is known to botanists as 



wild all the way from Virginia to Florida and Texas. It is also 

 known in Mexico and Central America. 



In house no. 4 a large group of the banana family forms the 



wild plantain, one of th 

 family, is now in full bloom, its bright red inflorescence 1 ' 

 it a conspicuous member of the group. If a plantain 

 bling the common weed of our fields here in the north be 

 for, the search will be a long and fruitless one, for th 

 plantain 

 to the pi 



iking 



joked 



regions ; 



)f food plants of tropical 

 it its common name. It 

 .1 America. But a short 

 another member of the 



mia latispat/ia, 

 distance from this pi; 

 banana family, Musaceae, this one from southern Africa— Stre- 

 litsia Nicolai. This flowered for the first time in the conserva- 

 tories on March 1 5, 1903 ; an account of this, accompanied by an 

 •illiKstration. aooeared in the journal for April of that year. At 



e the plant was 



mller than it is now, the flower 



