Garcinia Morella, Gamboge Tree

I have a fine young specimen of this and it promises to be a most beautiful ornament in a short time as it is a rapid grower. The leaves are large, long and glossy, of very thick texture and brown red when young. As it is a native of Malaya and Ceylon it is, no doubt, quite tender.

Grevillea Robusta

Grevillea Robusta is widely grown throughout southern Florida, doing pretty well over most of the peninsula. It is extensively used at the north as a pot plant for its ornamental, fern-like foliage, but here it becomes a large tree and bears clusters of curious and handsome flowers arranged on one side of the rachis.

G. Banksii

G. Banksii is in my grounds and is a most attractive tree. Its handsome leaves are deeply pinnatifid and for a long time in summer and fall it bears compact heads of brilliant red, peculiar flowers. I have a variety with creamy white blossoms. All are of the easiest culture in pine or hammock land if moderately fertilized. The last two are probably somewhat hardy.

Guaiacum Officinale, Lignum-Vitae

A slow growing West Indian tree with curious compound, shining leaves which bears attractive blue flowers. It should have plenty of fertilizer and a rather dry soil.

Haematoxylon Campeachianum, Logwood

A small, straggling tree with compound leaves and whitish flowers, grown as a curiosity. It does well in pine land.

Heritiera Littoralis

Heritiera Littoralis from the tropical coasts of the Old World is a fine tree with long, lanceolate leaves which are silvery beneath; it bears curious large seeds. It does well in brackish swamps.

Jacaranda Mimosaefolia

Jacaranda Mimosaefolia from Brazil is one of the most beautiful ornaments grown in Florida. It has wonderfully delicate, bipinnate leaves and large panicles of drooping, trumpet-shaped blue flowers. It is hardier than some of the tropical trees. It attains a height of sixty feet in Florida.

Kigelia Pinnata, Sausage Tree

Kigelia Pinnata, Sausage Tree, so called because of its peculiar shaped fruits which hang on long stems. A rapid grower, bearing large, dull red trumpet-shaped flowers. There is a large tree at Cocoanut Grove.

Lagerstroemia Flos-Reginae

A tree from the Malay Archipelago which is something like a glorified crape myrtle. The leaves somewhat resemble those of a guava and it bears immense panicles of pink or purplish flowers. It is quite tender and should have good soil and be well fertilized.

Libocedrus Decurrens

Libocedrus Decurrens is a fine conifer from California which has handsome, bright green leaves when young. It will be hardy all over the state. It needs good soil and will not do well in sand.

Melaleuca Leucadendron, Cajeput Tree

The leaves of this are lanceolate and are alike on both sides, the petioles being twisted so that they sit edgewise after the manner of phyllodia. The bark is very soft and spongy and is used for caulking vessels; the flowers are white and attractive. From the leaves is distilled the strong, aromatic oil which bears the name of "Cajuput" or "Cajeput" or "Cajaput." It is a case where one can pay his money and take his choice in the matter of names. It will stand some frost and will grow in all soils,

Melia

M. azedarach var. umbraculiformis is the Umbrella Tree cultivated everywhere throughout the lower south. It does best in middle and northern Florida and is a glorious ornament when covered with its exceedingly dense, dark green foliage. It is a profuse bloomer and casts its leaves in the fall while M. sempervirens holds them through the winter. M. floribunda is a leggy shrub or small tree but is a most constant bloomer. It is called "Indian Lilac" on account of its delightful fragrance. The flowers of all are bluish or lilac colored.

Mesua Ferrea Of Tropical Asia

Mesua Ferrea Of Tropical Asia is extensively planted and is loved by the people of its native region. It has elegent lanceolate leaves and large, beautiful white flowers. It should be tried in lower Florida.

Moringa Plerygosperma, Horseradish Tree

Moringa Plerygosperma, Horseradish Tree, is so called because the large, soft roots have a flavor almost exactly like those of horseradish. It is a native of India, a rapid grower with delicate compound leaves and pretty white flowers. It will stand some frost and does well in pine land.

Oroxylon Indicum

A very tender tree from Tropical Asia with immense compound leaves and racemes of one-sided, bell-shaped flowers. They are white, striped purple and are ill smelling. The seeds are thin with a very wide, satiny border which makes them quite ornamental. It is doing well in lower Florida.

Pachira

A genus of highly ornamental trees from Tropical America, having shining, digitate leaves and very large flowers. P. fastuosa has brilliant red blossoms; in P. princeps and P. macrocarpa they are white. All do well with me.

Parkinsonia Aculeata And The Paritiums

Parkinsonia Aculeata And The Paritiums have been noticed under the head of native trees.

Parmentiera Cerifera, Candle Tree From Tropical America

Parmentiera Cerifera, Candle Tree From Tropical America, belongs to the Bignonia Family, has small, winged, trifoliate leaves and white, trumpet shaped flowers. These are followed by fruits two or three feet long resembling candles, which are said to be edible. It is doing well here. There is a beautiful picture of this tree in fruit in Macmillan's "Handbook of Tropical Gardening".

Peltophorum Ferrugineum

Peltophorum Ferrugineum is a lofty, rapid growing tree from the Philippines with bipinnate leaves and racemes of attractive yellow flowers. A young tree in my grounds has bloomed at a height of fifteen feet. It seems to be very much at home in pine land and is more hardy than many tropical trees.