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THE CUBA REJ'IEW 



The Frangipani Bush Planted as Ornament 



East Indies, and has also l^een very widely planted in the West Indies and South America. 

 In Batavia the Chinese use the flowers in confectionery, and the women of all classes 

 wear them in their hair as ornaments. It has been said that there can be no more eligible 

 ornament in a garden than the white East Indian Plumieria, and those who have space 

 should not fail to cultivate one or more frangipani plants, for the blossoms of any one of 

 the numerous varieties found in cultivation continue expanding in succession upon the 

 same flower cluster for many weeks, and they are so deliciously fragrant that the perfume 

 of only a few clusters is suflficient to scent a large house throughout. In the Far East 

 this fragrance is more highly esteemed than that of any other flowers, and already in the 

 early ages the flowers were used to perfume clothing and houses. 



