IN FLORIDA I4I 
much used for bedding out in the north. I think they would do 
fairly well here in rich soil if it were not for their being badly 
troubled with root knot. Schnabel reports that they are a little 
tender at Gainesville, but they would probably be hardy over 
most of the peninsula. 
Acacia. Several of these are shrubs and I can see no reason 
why they should not do well in middle Florida. They fail with 
me and others about here who have reported to me. 
Aloysia citriodora, Lemon Verbena. A shrub which will 
probably be hardy over the whole state, a native of Chile, cul- 
tivated for the delicious fragrance of its foliage. It has whorled, 
lanceolate leaves which are deciduous, and it may easily be prop- 
agated from cuttings. Here it does not do well, perhaps on 
account of the lime in the soil, but according to one of Reasoner’s 
old catalogues it succeeds in Florida. It was one of twelve green- 
house plants that I bought when a boy, the first I ever owned, 
walking ten miles to a nursery and carrying my treasures home 
ina basket. These twelve were the above, a Fuchsia, Souvenir 
de Chiswick; a scarlet Geranium, then called Fish Geranium; 
Cestrum elegans; Veronica longifolia; Abutilon striatum; Malva- 
viscus arboreus; a scarlet Verbena, Brilliant de Vaise; Begonia 
evansiana; Calla ethiopica; Cuphea platycentra and Viburnum 
tinus. They were almost the first greenhouse plants that I, a 
country boy, had seen; my pride and comfort in owning them was 
immeasurable and I called them my ‘‘Twelve Apostles.” And 
ever since I have felt a sort of tenderness towards these same 
plants that I have for no others. 
Aralia. A genus of shrubs or small trees which has been con- 
- siderably divided up of late. A. guilfoylet has handsome, glossy, 
pinnate leaves which are variegated with white, a very fine, erect 
growing shrub, much cultivated in lower Florida. There are a 
few other tender species cultivated here. The genus is close to 
Panax. A. spinosa, Hercules Club, is grown for its large com- 
pound leaves and immense clusters of white flowers. It is densely 
spiny and is hardy as far north as Washington. 
Ardisia crenulata is a small, pretty shrub with thick, glossy, 
wavy-edged leaves and clusters of red berries which remain in 
perfection along time. It is doing fairly well for me in a shaded 
