Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 205
ome the commonest of all creepers inMadeira, and there is hardly a road in the neigh-bourhood of Funchal where aU through the monthof January there is not a stretch of wall bearingits gaudy burden, or a mirante (as the arbour orsummer-house dear to the hearts of the Portugueseis called) without its… … CREEPERS 111 stray blossoms of the deep red Bignonia cherare,with its long yellow-throated trumpets, appear inthe winter months, but sufficient to give promiseof glories to come in the month of April. In the same month the close-growing Tecomaflava will become wreathed with its golden-yellowtrumpet…
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