Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VIII. 



Spathodea campanulata Beauv., a Strikingly Handsome Ornamental Tree for 



Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39222.) 



This tall, straight tree from western tropical Africa has succeeded remarkably well in India and 

 Java as a shade tree. < >riginally broughl from Jamaica by Mr. W. J. Matheson, it is now the 

 largesl specimen in the United States. With its large, brighl orange-red 1 lowers produced al the 

 tips of the branches, i1 is very ornamental and conspicuous at a distance, t Photographed by 

 ■\\ ilson Popenoe, al Four Way Lodge, the residence of Mr. Matheson, Cocoauut Grove, Flu., 

 April lo, 1916; P16716FS.) 



