108 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



exquisitely fragrant flowers which open in winter. It grows 

 along the littoral from Sanibel Island around the south coast. 



Chrysophyllum olivaeforme is one of the loveliest of our native 

 trees. It has elliptical leaves of a deep, metallic green above with 

 a golden, coppery pubescence beneath. This tree would prob- 

 ably do well in fairly rich soil but, I think, should be shaded, at 

 least when young. 



Mimusops sieberi, Wild Dilly, is a handsome tree closely re- 

 lated to the sapodilla. It is found only on the extreme lower part 

 of the state in our region and is therefore tropical. Its fruit is an 

 inch in diameter and the pulp is probably about the stickiest 

 thing in nature. It will most likely do well in rich soil. 



The Fringe Tree (Chionanthus wrginica) grows through north 

 Florida as far south as Tampa. It is a large shrub or small tree, 

 is grown for its drooping, graceful panicles of fragrant, whitish 

 flowers, and probably would do best in rich, moist soil. 



Cordia sebestina is commonly called Geiger Tree. It is rather 

 a straggling grower with large, cordate leaves and clusters of 

 brilliant orange red flowers, perhaps the handsomest of any tree 

 native to Florida. It may easily be grown from cuttings of 

 partly hardened wood, but it will stand only a little frost. 



Crescentia cucurbitana, Black Calabash, grows wild in the United 

 States only along the shores of Biscayne Bay. It is a handsome 

 small tree with large, glossy leaves, irregular purplish flowers, 

 followed by oval fruits three inches in diameter. Will grow in 

 any soil not too poor. 



In extreme southern Florida a small tree called Prince Wood 

 (Exostema caribaeum) with opposite, lanceolate leaves and long 

 tubular white flowers that look a little like those of a Fuchsia 

 is sparingly found. It is a very attractive small tree and should 

 be generally cultivated. 



Genipa dusiifolia, Seven Years Apple. A small tree with 

 thick, obovate leaves, pretty white flowers and oval fruits three 

 inches long. It is said that it takes this fruit seven years to 

 ripen and it no doubt does for I have never yet seen one ripe or 

 fit to eat. 



Sambucus intermedia, Elderberry. This species, which grows 

 in lower Florida, is a more profuse, showy bloomer than the 



