138 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 
trees for roads. P. saman has four to six pairs of pinnae, the 
outer leaflets being largest. It is one of the standard shade trees 
for roads in Cuba and though I had tried it repeatedly here it 
failed until recently. I have it now doing finely and it will 
probably make a large and attractive ornamental for lower 
Florida. 
Pimenta officinalis, the Allspice of Jamaica, is an attractive 
tree with thick, elongated, glossy leaves and white flowers in » 
corymbs. Itis growing finely and has bloomed in my hammock. 
Plumeria. A small genus of fine trees from the American 
Tropics with white, pink or red, very fragrant flowers from which 
the perfume called Frangipani is made. The branches are club- 
shaped; the flowers are in heads and handsome. P. alba has 
white flowers; P. rubra rich red; P. acutifolia white within and 
pink outside; P. tricolor, yellow, red and white. They do best 
in dry, rather poor soil and can be grown from cuttings if care is 
taken that they are kept pretty dry. 
Podocarpus. A genus of ornamental conifers of which a few 
species have been cultivated in Florida. P. macrophylla from 
Japan is doing well with me and is quite striking. My specimen 
is twelve feet high and has sent out a number of stems which are 
densely set with large, dark green leaves. According to Schnabel 
it is tender at Gainesville. 
Ricinus, Castor Bean. This well-known bedding plant of 
northern gardens reaches the dimensions of a tree here. When 
grown in rich soil and fertilized it produces quite a tropical 
effect but it is likely to become scraggy. The variety or species 
called sanguineus is dwarfed in habit and has purple-crimson 
foliage. They are tender. 
Saraca indica. When I first received this I planted it in pine 
land in sunshine and for years it did no good. Later I trans- 
planted it to a more moist, somewhat shaded place where it is 
now doing well. Like Brownea its young pinnate leaves are 
purplish and drooping; it also has fine red flowers. It is probably 
tender. 
Schinus molle. I have repeatedly failed with this beautiful 
tree, but it may do better in soil that is free from lime. S. tere-_ 
