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the garden. F. religiosa, which looks like a glorified cottonwood, 
is the sacred Ti or Bo or Pipal Tree of the Hindus; a rapid grower 
and quite ornamental. F. elastica is the original India Rubber 
Tree, much cultivated in rooms and plant houses in the north; 
here it becomes an immense, wide-spreading tree. F. altissima 
is a handsome tree with large, glossy leaves; F. pandurata has 
very large fiddle-shaped foliage and has not long been introduced 
into Florida. F. bengalensis is the famous Banyan Tree which 
drops numbers of air roots that establish themselves in the ground 
until the tree covers a large area. F. rubiginosa, F. macrophylla, 
F. cunninghami, F. infectoria and several others are cultivated 
in our area. F. parcelli has finely variegated leaves, green, 
splashed white; F. nymphaefolia has cordate, pointed, glossy 
leaves afootinlength. All the above are growing in my grounds 
and are, no doubt, tender. A number of species drop air roots 
which fasten into the ground and produce banyan trees on a 
small scale. 
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 asitisarapid 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 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 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 In- 
dian 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 
