110 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



the hard-wooded forms do not transplant well from the forest and 

 it is best to propagate them from seed. 



NATIVE ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



Erythrina herbacea, Coral Bush, is a straggling shrub with 

 trifoliate leaves and in spring, spikes of dark crimson flowers 

 which are followed by moniliform pods containing scarlet beans. 

 There is a form growing in South Florida that is sometimes 

 arboreal which has been called Erythrina arborea, but is probably 

 only a variety of the above. 



Hamelia patens has no common name that I know, though it is 

 attractive enough to deserve one. It is a large, rather compact 

 shrub with reddish green, oval leaves and clusters of elegant, 

 tubular, orange red flowers borne throughout most of the year. 

 It thrives in pine land over the south half of the state. 



Catesbaea parviflora, a thorny, branching shrub with small, 

 almost round, glossy leaves and white flowers which is quite 

 ornamental. I have only seen it on Bahia Honda Key where it 

 stands a chance of speedy extermination. It grows in dry, 

 sandy soil. 



Pinckneya pubens. A large shrub or small tree growing in the 

 northern part of the state, with oval or oblong leaves and showy, 

 greenish flowers spotted with purple. It grows in swamps or 

 low hammocks. 



Yucca gloriosa, Spanish Bayonet. It is hard to say whether 

 this and the following are trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials. 

 This species extends along the Atlantic coast into North Florida 

 while Y. aloifolia is Floridian and West Indian. 



Yucca aloifolia. Both of these are splendid ornaments of the 

 flower garden and will grow in poor soil and with little care. 

 The former is not so tall as the latter and its leaves have smooth 

 edges. 



Sophora tomentosa is an attractive, pinnate-leaved shrub 

 with yellow flowers, growing along the coasts of peninsular 

 Florida. Will do well in pine land. 



Cereus monoclonos. This is found on the lower keys where 

 it grows in immense clumps up to fifteen feet high; the stems 



