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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The English honeysuckle must not be 
mistaken for the paler and rampant va¬ 
riety which will not be satisfied 
with its own space in the border, 
but which will not be content unless 
it overruns everything within reach 
and even usurps the grass plot and 
ruins the lawn. The English honey¬ 
suckle, on the contrary, seldomi suckers 
and needs only occasional pruning. It 
will reward the grower with bloom' and 
delicious perfume throughout the year. 
The bark is red and the foliage dark 
green. The buds are deeply roseate 
without, and the flowers are pure white 
within, turning to cream color and. finally 
to a dull orange. In the early, dewy 
morning, when the perfume of this honey¬ 
suckle mingled wiith that of the Rhyncos- 
permum and Magnolia float through the 
open windows, the combination is ex¬ 
quisite beyond description. 
We must not tarry too long with the 
vines, but mention in brief succession, 
Bignonia venusta, that gloriious vine 
with its masses of .flame colored trumpet- 
flowers ; another variety with wax-like 
flowers of white and canary, and still an¬ 
other rightly named the Gloria, with large 
throated blossoms of delicate lavender, 
veined with purple. These vines are har¬ 
dy, enduring any cold which visits this 
section, and also thriving during the heat 
of the long summer. 
Many tropical vines can be successful¬ 
ly grown here. We must expect them to 
be cut back, sometimes, by cold weather. 
They spring up again as if by magic, and 
seem even benefited by the disaster. 
Among these are Clerodendron Balfouri, 
Antigonon leptopus, the showy Rosa de 
Alontana from Mexico, the climbing Alla- 
manda with great golden flowers, so very 
noticeable at Miami; Thunbergia frag- 
rans with snowy blossoms and graceful 
twining stems, and Bougainvillea, Thun¬ 
bergia grandiflora, a very elegant climber, 
has large, white-throated, sky bTie flowers 
and handsome foliage. Lastly, I will rec¬ 
ommend Cobea Scandens and its large 
purple bells always in blooni. Its method 
of climbing is unique, for it attaches itself 
to supports by clinging tendrils growing 
at the ends of its compound leaves. 
Our list of shade and ornamental trees 
beg'ins with the evergreen oaks which 
need neither praise nor description. Fol¬ 
lowing the oaks are Magnolia grandiflora, 
loblolly and sweet bay, umbrella tree, syc¬ 
amore, one of our grandest native trees; 
Vitex or chaste tree, with purple spikes 
and whose palmate leaves smell of laven¬ 
der ; the starry leaved sweet gum. Ilex or 
American holly; scarlet maple whose bril¬ 
liant red seed pods appear in midwinter; 
and lastly the Liriodendron tulipfera, 
whose oddly cut leaves and large, showy, 
tulip-shaped flowers have given it its 
name of tulip-tree. 
Cornus canadensis, or white flowered 
dogwood is most charming with its level 
masses of foliage and bloom. It savors 
of the picturesque having a marked indi¬ 
viduality. In the same class will be found 
Camellia Japonica, so prized for its large 
perfe'ct flowers, and Azalea Indica, whose 
wondrous display of lovely blossoms of 
an infinite variety of shadings and col¬ 
ors is a marked feature of northern Eas¬ 
tertide. Magnolia fuscata and some va¬ 
rieties of Magnolia from China and Ja¬ 
pan which are deciduous, and whose flow¬ 
ers are richly colored with rose and pur¬ 
ple, are very desirable. Olea fragrans or 
sweet olive must be included, for the 
unctuous perfume of its small clustered 
