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sized oaks when there was hardly a 
leaf visible so thoroughly was the top 
covered with the bloom of this vine. 
Tecoma radicans, usually catalogued as 
Bignonia radicans, is another vigorous 
growing native vine; the flowers are scar¬ 
let, a much brighter color than those of 
capreolata, but it is not so profuse a 
bloomer at one time; that is, while it may 
produce as many blossoms in a season, 
yet as they are scattered over a period of 
several weeks, instead of all opening at 
once, they do not make so great a display. 
Bignonia capreolata is found in high ham¬ 
mocks on dry soil, while Tecoma radicans 
is generally found in cypress ponds; but, 
like many other natives of low land, it 
easily adapts itself to circumstances and 
will grow well on high land, if not too 
poor. 
Last, but by no means least, I will men¬ 
tion the Yellow Jessamine, Gelsemium 
sempervirens. The wild species is so well 
known that I should not mention it at 
all, were it not that I wish to call atten¬ 
tion to the fact that the double-flowered 
form is much more desirable than the 
single. It is not quite so profuse a 
bloomer as the wild form, or at least it 
does not show as many at one time, but 
as the blooming period is much longer, 
it may produce as many in a year. Last 
fall my double-flowered vines began to 
bloom in November, and kept it up until 
the latter part of February or the first of 
March. 
Sp far I have confined myself to native 
species which anyone can have for the 
trouble of going into the woods and dig¬ 
ging them; the last mentioned is an ex¬ 
ception, it is not offered, so far as I know, 
except by the P. J. Berckmans Nursery 
Company of Augusta, Ga., and they will 
not send any plants by mail. I hope that 
some of our Florida nurserymen will pro¬ 
pagate and offer for sale this very de¬ 
sirable variety. 
Three years ago, Mrs. Gates, in her 
report on Ornamentals, recommended a 
wild vine, a species of Smilax, very 
highly. I do not think that she said a 
word too much in its praise. Unfor¬ 
tunately she did not know its botanical 
name, nor have I been able to learn it; it 
is a wild Smilax and that is all that I am 
able to tell as to its name; but I can tell 
you how to find it. If you will watch 
the hammock woods very closely, in early 
spring, until you find a vine that is a 
strong, vigorous grower and bears a pro¬ 
fusion of small greenish flowers which 
have the fragrance of Mignonette only 
intensified, that is the one for which you 
are looking. 
While on the subject of vines, I want 
to recommend some which are not natives 
and therefore must be purchased or pro¬ 
cured by exchange with some neighbor. 
Foremost stands Rhynchosperum Jasmi- 
noides, sometimes called Star Jessamine, 
although it is not at all related to the 
Jessamine family. The vine is a strong, 
vigorous grower, perfectly hardy 
throughout this state, and for several 
weeks in early spring it covers itself with 
a sheet of pure white, very fragrant blos¬ 
soms ; the flowers are so thickly set on the 
branches that the foliage is hidden from 
sight. The only objection which I have 
ever felt towards this vine was that in 
the evening the perfume is so strong that 
it is almost overpowering. If you are at 
all sensitive to strong odors, do not set 
this vine very close to the house. 
Bignonia speciosa, Bignonia Thun- 
bergiana, Pithecoctineum clematideum, 
usually catalogued as Bignonia alba, and 
Pithecoctineum Kayense (?) ; the last 
