IN FLORIDA II 



apart; water well and when the ground is covered it should be 

 mowed. 



Of course every one making a home in Florida is anxious to 

 have a good showing from his plantings as soon as possible. It 

 is a fine idea, when planting, to scatter rapid growing trees and 

 shrubs quite freely about one's grounds, as they will soon make 

 a big display. Such things as many species of Ficus (religiosa, 

 nitida, aurea, populnea, elastica and glomerata), Paritium elatum 

 and tiliaceum, Albizzia lebbek, most of the eucalypts, Adenan- 

 thera, Terminated catappa, Delonix regia, Eriodendrons, and 

 Cassia fistula for the warmer parts of the state and Melia azeda- 

 rach var. umbraculiformis, the maples and oaks for the cooler 

 parts of Florida. Among the palms Cocos in variety, most of 

 the dates, Archontophoenix, the Acrocomias, the Neowashing- 

 tonias, the royal palms and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) grow to 

 good size very quickly. Eugenia jambos, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, 

 Dombeyas, Crape myrtles, the Pittosporums, the Oleanders, 

 Pandanus sanderiana and veitchi among shrubs and herbaceous 

 plants soon get up and cover the ground as well as very many 

 other things. The Giant Bamboos, Dendrocalamus latiflorus and 

 D. strictus soon make very effective clumps. 



If one is in a great hurry to cover his ground and make a show- 

 ing he can plant the cheapest of these abundantly at first, min- 

 gling choicer things freely among them and later he can cut away 

 the commoner things, if he has the heart to do it. 



The settler may, perhaps, buy a place on which some improve- 

 ments have already been made. There may be fruit and orna- 

 mental plants already growing and buildings erected. This has 

 both advantages and disadvantages. It is a fine thing to have 

 fruit trees bearing or under way, and whatever growth ornamen- 

 tals have made saves time in getting a place in order. On the 

 other hand, the planting may be badly done and the buildings 

 are likely to be hideous and misplaced. However, one can gen- 

 erally utilize much of such work and recreate it into beauty by 

 taking time and giving the subject plenty of study. Spare all 

 the vegetation that is possible, remembering that one can destroy 

 in a few minutes what it has taken nature years to produce. 



