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Hyacinth Bean. 



DolicliosLiablab. Hyacinth Bean. 

 Free growing plant, with purple and 

 white flowers.- March till May. 



Ipomsea Quainoclit rosea. 



Red Cypress Yine. Very beautiful 

 delicate foliage, of rapid growth, with 

 scarlet flowers. 



Ipomsea Quamoclit alba. 



White Cypress Vine. The same as the 

 foregoing kind, except white flowers. 

 February till August, 



Ipomsea Bona Wox. Large Flow- 

 ering Evening Glory. A vine of rapid 

 growth, with beautiful blue and white 

 flowers, which open in the evening. 

 Twenty feet high. February till June. 



liathyrus odoratus. Sweet Peas. Beautiful flowers of all colors, 

 very showy. Good for cut flowers. Six feet high. December till April. 



Maiirandia Barclayana. Mixed Maurandia. A slender grow- 

 ing vine of rapid growth. Rose, purple and white colors mixed. Ten 

 feet high. February till April. 



Mamordica Balsamina. Balsam Apple, A climbing plant 

 of very rapid growth, producing Cucumber-like fruits, with warts on 

 them. They are believed to contain some medicinal virtues. They 

 are put in jars with alcohol, and are used as a dressing for cuts, 

 bruises, etc. 



LiuflTa acutang:itla. Dish Rag Vine. A very rapid growing vine 

 of the Gourd family. When the fruit is dry, the fibrous substance, 

 which covers the seeds, can be used as a rag. February till April. 



I§echiniii edule. Vegetable Pear or Mirliton. A rapid growing 

 vine with grape-like leaves, of which the fruit is eaten ; there are two 

 varieties, white and green. It has only one seed, and the whole fruit 

 has to be planted. 



TropaBolum iiiajns. Nasturtium. Trailing plants with elegant 

 flowers of different shades, mostly yellow and crimson, which are pro- 

 duced in great abundance. Four feet high. February till April. 



Thunbergria. Mixed Thunbergia. Very ornamental vines, with 

 yellow bell shaped flowers, w4th dark eye. Six feet high. February 

 till May. 



