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Morning Glory. 



Mixed Thunbergia. 



Convolvolus major. Morning Glory. Well known vine with 

 various handsomely colored flowers of easy culture. Grow almost any- 

 where. Ten feet high. February till July. 



Ciircurbita. Ornamental Gourd. Mixed varieties of Ornamental 

 Gourds of different shapes and sizes. February till April. 



Ciircurbita lagenaria dulcis. Sweet Gourd. A strong grow- 

 ing vine of which the young fruits are used like Squash. February till 

 April. 



Dolichos Lablab. Hyacinth Bean. 

 Free growing plant, with purple and 

 white flowers. March till May. 



Ipomaea Quamoclit rosea. 



Eed Cypress Yine. Very beautiful 

 delicate foliage, of rapid growth, with 

 scarlet flowers. 

 Ipomaea Quamoclit alba. 



White Cypress Vine. The same as the 

 foregoing kind, except white flowers. 

 February till August. . 



Ipoimca BoiialVox. Large Flow- 

 ering Evening Glory. A vine of rapid 

 growth, with beautiful blue and white 

 flowers, which open in the evening. 

 Hyacinth Bean. Twenty feet high. February till June. 



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

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

 Maurandia Barclay ana. Mixed Maurandia. A slender grow- 

 ing vine of rapid growth. Bose, 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 s 

 bruises, etc. 



