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it has room it makes a handsome tree with a good trunk and a 

 fine spreading head. The leaves are rich green and pinnate, the 

 leaflets one sided and glossy ; they remain on the tree until late 

 winter or early spring, suddenly turn yellow and fall, and are 

 quickly replaced by the new foliage. It is a rapid grower and 

 will do well on ordinary pine land with a little fertilizer. 



Inga dulcis is a native of the Oriental Tropics, is cultivated to 

 some extent in the lower part of this state, and is apparently 

 hardy in the Miami region. It has wand-like branches and 

 delicate leaflets in pairs, it has a few small thorns, and seed pods 

 which contain an edible pulp. It is a decidedly ornamental tree 

 of rapid growth, is perfectly at home in the poorest of ordinary 

 pine land, and will get on with little fertilizer and attention. It 

 is sometimes placed in the genus Pithecolobium. 



For planting farther north where considerable hardiness is 

 required the water oak (Quercus nigra) should be an excellent 

 street and road tree. It has a magnificent, large round head 

 covered with evergreen foliage of a fine glossy character, is a 

 rapid grower and will do well in any but the poorest soil. The 

 same may be said of the live oak (Quercus virginiana) which is 

 one of the most majestic trees of North America. Q. laurifolia, 

 laurel oak, and Q. phellos, willow oak, are noble trees and should 

 succeed on any fairly good soil. Gordonia lasianthus (Loblolly 

 Bay) is a handsome, native tree with evergreen leaves and large 

 white flowers. It grows in swamps and low grounds but will 

 flourish on much higher, drier ground, and would probably make 

 a fine road and street tree. It is, however, rather short lived. 

 The Magnolia (M . foetidd) is one of the most magnificent of trees 

 and it will do exceedingly well on high pine land. Although its 

 large leaves might suffer in high winds I think it would be an 

 excellent road tree in the cooler part of the state. 



Although not a very rapid grower the camphor tree (Cinna- 

 momum camphora) is a most handsome tree eventually attaining 

 to large size, and it should stand high winds well. The white 

 elm, red maple and umbrella tree might be mentioned among 

 trees for road purposes up the state; although deciduous, they 

 are beautiful and worthy. 



In Cuba they have a fashion of shading their roads with a 



