They bloom on every hand; and wherever there is a bit of ground or lawn in front of a house there you will see plants or flowers in blossom.

Fuschias attain the height of ten feet in some places and are magnificent in the colour and beauty of their flowers.

The heliotrope climbs up its support with eagerness and its blossoms vie in hue with the blue skies.

You may also see the pink flowers of the Malva plant in abundance, the chaste mignonette and the Australian pea-vine.

The latter is a favourite and clothes the bare walls of fence or house or trellis with a robe of beauty which queens might envy.