The Heart Garden would be a dull spectacle in the month of November were it not for the brave show of the Thanksgiving Bush (

    Overeatia Nationalia

   ), with its bright turkey-red flower. This together with the Reunion Plant (

    Gatheringea Familiensis

   ), a species of

    Arborvitæ

   , of which the

    Smithensis

   and

    Jonesia

   are the commonest varieties, forms the color scheme of the November garden. The Reunion Plant especially, with its wonderfully intricate and multitudinous branches, shows so many varieties of color, form, and scent as almost to be a garden in itself.

   A much-prized though unobtrusive November flower is the Correspondence Vine (

    Epistolaria Amoris

   ). This vine flourishes more or less all the year round, but grows to a great length during the late months of the year. One variety, the

    Clandestina Epistolaria

   , is especially shy, being rarely seen above the ground. This is a particularly sweet variety, but in Formal Gardens it is not encouraged, as its fruit is believed by many to be bad in taste and often dangerous in its effect.

   Hot Air Plant

    Cuddle

   Family.

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