SHOW YOUR COLORS! 
Foliage Foil For 
Flamboyant Flowers 
The importance of foliage in 
modern plantings is readily ac- 
knowledged, but why in so many 
cases are flowers being entirely 
eliminated to the point of monot- 
ony? Sitting in a Lanai in Hawaii 
we would look out on to many 
colorful trees and plants. In other 
tropical climes this would also 
apply. We do aim for tropical 
effect, and while we cannot em- 
ploy Anthuriums, Heliconias, and 
many other glamorous subjects 
out-of-doors, we have much ma- 
terial that would give the average 
local planting a big lift for nowhere 
can the really flamboyant colors 
be used so well as against heavy 
tropical foliage. 
For instance what could be more 
effective to liven up an otherwise 
dull shady corner than a good big 
clump of Clivia. The newer hy- 
brids have year round attractive 
foliage while each spring an ever 
increasing number of brilliant 
orange-yellow amaryllis-like flowers 
appear. 
What more exciting or fitting 
than long arching spikes of Cym- 
bidium blooms thrusting upward 
and outward in a tropical plant- 
ing? When the requirements of 
the Cymbidium are understood 
and catered to they are among 
the easiest and most satisfactory 
plants to grow—and they are no 
longer prohibitively priced. 
Hibiscus should be mentioned 
here also: the lovely Paradise 
Moon, Haleakala, Bride, Patricia 
and other similar types so sugges- 
tive of the Islands. And helping 
out too when the planting runs 
out into the sun. 
For seasonal color there are 
many subjects not used to the 
extent they deserve. The showy 
and exotic looking Lilium auratum 
(gold banded lily of Japan) is one 
of the handsomest of lilies as well 
as one of the largest flowering. 
The blooms are ivory white with 
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SB E _ Cvans & IReeves 
YCLEPT YCCOTLI 
Giant Golden Thevetia— 
Another E & R Introduction 
Little wonder that our new and rare plant of 
the month, Thevetia thevetioides has a redundant 
appellation, for everything about it urges super- 
latives and emphasis! Pure daffodil-yellow flowers 
some three inches across cluster at the terminals 
of each branch of this tropical beauty over a 
period of six months—indeed an _ experimental 
specimen flowered into December and is already 
forming buds for the coming season. 
An evergreen background of slender dark glossy 
green leaves on clean open branches, sets off the 
glorious Allamanda-like blossoms and makes of this 
Thevetia Yccotli (a synonymous designation) a 
handsome foliage subject between flowering peri- 
ods. Its good form and eventual proportion, roughly 
12 feet high by as much across, offer wide-spread 
use in many situations. 
Tropical lands abound with mouth-watering 
plants of every hue which are denied us because 
of their low resistance to cold and the first winter 
is therefore a critical test for each new tropical we 
bring into this country. Our present subject has 
been exposed to six winters in the local areas—at 
least two of which were ‘'unusual'’ enough to bring 
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