IIo ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 
the hard-wooded forms do not transplant well from the forest and 
it is best to propagate them from seed. 
NATIVE ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 
Erythrina herbacea, Coral Bush, is a straggling shrub with 
trifoliate leaves and in spring, spikes of dark crimson flowers 
which are followed by moniliform pods containing scarlet beans. 
There is a form growing in South Florida that is sometimes 
arboreal which has been called Erythrina arborea, but is probably 
only a variety of the above. 
Hamelia patens has no common name that I know, though it is 
attractive enough to deserve one. It is a large, rather compact 
shrub with reddish green, oval leaves and clusters of elegant, 
tubular, orange red flowers borne throughout most of the year. 
It thrives in pine land over the south half of the state. 
Catesbaea parviflora, a thorny, branching shrub with small, 
almost round, glossy leaves and white flowers which is quite 
ornamental. I have only seen it on Bahia Honda Key where it 
stands a chance of speedy extermination. It grows in dry, 
sandy soil. 
Pinckneya pubens. A large shrub or small tree growing in the 
northern part of the state, with oval or oblong leaves and showy, 
greenish flowers spotted with purple. It grows in swamps or 
low hammocks. 
Yucca gloriosa, Spanish Bayonet. It is hard to say whether 
this and the following are trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials. 
This species extends along the Atlantic coast into North Florida 
while Y. alozfolia is Floridian and West Indian. 
Yucca alotfolia. Both of these are splendid ornaments of the 
flower garden and will grow in poor soil and with little care. 
The former is not so tall as the latter and its leaves have smooth 
edges. 
Sophora tomentosa is an attractive, pinnate-leaved shrub 
with yellow flowers, growing along the coasts of peninsular 
Florida. Will do well in pine land. 
Cereus monoclonos. ‘This is found on the lower keys where 
it grows in immense clumps up to fifteen feet high; the stems 
