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it has room it makes a handsome tree with a good trunk and a 
fine spreading head. The leaves are rich green and pinnate, the 
leaflets one sided and glossy; they remain on the tree until late 
winter or early spring, suddenly turn yellow and fall, and are 
quickly replaced by the new foliage. It is a rapid grower and 
will do well on ordinary pine land with a little fertilizer. | 
Inga dulcis is a native of the Oriental Tropics, is cultivated to 
some extent in the lower part of this state, and is apparently 
hardy in the Miami region. It has wand-like branches and 
delicate leaflets in pairs, it has a few small thorns, and seed pods 
which contain an edible pulp. It is a decidedly ornamental tree 
of rapid growth, is perfectly at home in the poorest of ordinary 
pine land, and will get on with little fertilizer and attention. It 
is sometimes placed in the genus Pithecolobium. 
For planting farther north where considerable hardiness is 
required the water oak (Quercus nigra) should be an excellent 
street and road tree. It has a magnificent, large round head 
covered with evergreen foliage of a fine glossy character, is a 
rapid grower and will do well in any but the poorest soil. The 
same may be said of the live oak (Quercus virginiana) which is 
one of the most majestic trees of North America. (Q. laurifolia, 
laurel oak, and Q. phellos, willow oak, are noble trees and should 
succeed on any fairly good soil. Gordonia lasianthus (Loblolly 
Bay) is a handsome, native tree with evergreen leaves and large 
white flowers. It grows in swamps and low grounds but will 
flourish on much higher, drier ground, and would probably make 
a fine road and street tree. It is, however, rather short lived. 
The Magnolia (M. foetida) is one of the most magnificent of trees 
and it will do exceedingly well on high pine land. Although its 
large leaves might suffer in high winds I think it would be an 
excellent road tree in the cooler part of the state. 
Although not a very rapid grower the camphor tree (Cinna- 
momum camphora) is a most handsome tree eventually attaining 
to large size, and it should stand high winds well. The white 
elm, red maple and umbrella tree might be mentioned among 
trees for road purposes up the state; although deciduous, they 
are beautiful and worthy. 
In Cuba they have a fashion of shading their roads with a 
