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Sapindus Sajionaria. Soap Berry. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A mediuui sized native tree chiefly of interest for the gelatinous 

 looking fruits sometimes made use of for washing purposes. The black 

 seeds about the size of marbles, are made into necklaces, rosaries, etc. 



Saraca indica. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A small evergreen tree, native of South India and Ceylon. It flowers 

 chiefly during the dry season, producing showy masses of yellowish red, 

 Ixora-like flowers. 



Spathelia simplex. Jamaica Mountain Pride. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A slender stemmed tree with the habit of a Palm i.e. a single slender 

 stem surmounted by a crown of leaves. It takes some 8 or 10 years 

 from the seed to the flowering stage when it bears lai-ge, handsome, 

 terminal panicles of lilac coloured flowers. Each plant usually only 

 flowers once and dies after ripening its seeds. 



Siva7-/zia (/rari'lijloya. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A native shrub or sina'l tree wiLh 1 e lutiful yellow flowers and 

 scarlet pods, the latter ending suddenly with a sharp point about half an 

 inch in length. 



Switttnia macrophif/la. r>ritish Honduras Mahogany. Seedlings T) cents. 



A tall upright tree valued for ils timber and also utilised to some 

 extent in the Colony as a windbreak for cacao, etc. 



Sinettnia Malicgnin. West Indian Mahogun^'. Seedlings 5 cents. 



Somewhat similar to the preceding species, but with smaller leaves 

 find of slower growth. 



Tecoma jjentaphylla. Pink Poui. 



A u.edium sized tree closely related to the Poui. The flowers borne 

 in loose clusters are of a j^ale rose colour ; when tlie whole tree becomes 

 a mass of blossoms it is vei'3' ornamental. 



Teconia serratlfolia. Poui. Seedlings 5 cent«. 



A small, native forest tree which makes a brilliant show on the 

 hillsides for a short time during the dry season when the whole tree, 

 leafless, is a mass of golden flowers. The wood is very heavy, hard 

 mid durable. 



Ttrminalta urjuun. Raw l5ei'f Tree. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A large tree native to the East Indies — chiefly noteworthy- for its 

 bark, which, while smooth and giey on the outside, is red and juicy in 

 appea.rance when cut. 



Terminalia Catappa. Almond. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A medium sized tree with Iranches spreading horizontally. The 

 large leathery leaves take en " antunm tints" before they fall during the 

 dry season. T he hard fruit contains one seed somewhat i-esembling the 

 eweet almond in favour. 



