Flame vine (Bignonia venusta) in bloom, Florida, 1928

Subjects: Forests & Trees Gardens
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1928 (White Border)

Back of Flame vine (Bignonia venusta) in bloom, Florida, 1928, Mr. [illegible] John Faye, CT, USA, c. 1928 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A dense curtain of orange-scarlet flame vine covers a long hedge and climbs into a tall tree in a Florida garden, with lawn and low shrubs in the foreground. The caption keeps the older botanical name Bignonia venusta, now Pyrostegia venusta, a Brazilian climber widely planted in the state's frost-free districts, where it flowers in winter and early spring. By the 1920s such plantings were a familiar sight around Florida's resort towns and new subdivisions, and publishers sold views of them to winter visitors and the correspondents back home. This card went out from Dunedin, a small Gulf coast town north of St. Petersburg, at the season when the vine is in full bloom.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

How would you like to see this vine? it is much more beautiful than it shows on the card I saw [illegible] the other day and he was asking for you he is looking [illegible] The weather is fine here just like June in the north over the [illegible] grass and the flowers are beautiful [illegible] I will try to [illegible] and see you [illegible] [illegible] hope you are well [illegible] [illegible] as well [illegible] Box 400 Dunedin Fla

PostmarkedDUNEDIN, FL, March 27, 1928, 19:30

Addressed to

Mr. [illegible] John Faye

Orange, CT

Postcard record

Postmarked	March 27, 1928, 19:30, DUNEDIN, FL
Publisher	Asheville Post Card Co.
Series	258. 99715 BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA SERIES
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr. [illegible] John Faye, Orange, CT
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; fine crosshatch linen texture; printed number 99715 at lower right; light edge and corner wear with minor soiling. Postmark: DUNEDIN FLA MAR 27 7:30 PM 1928. Divided back, white border, halftone print; Beautiful Florida Series published by Asheville Post Card Co.; light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Flame vine (Bignonia venusta) in bloom, Florida, 1928, postcard, c. 1928. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/flame-vine-bignonia-venusta-in-bloom-florida-1928. Accessed November 2, 2026.