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Brachychiton acerifolium bears waxy, bright crimson flowers 

 but I have never succeeded in making it grow here and it prob- 

 ably prefers a clayey soil or one free from lime. It should be 

 hardy over the lower half of the state. 



Brownea is a group of magnificent ornamental trees from the 

 American Tropics. The elegant pinnate leaves droop and are 

 highly colored when young; the flowers in long racemes are pink 

 or red. B. ariza is doing finely in my grounds. 



Butea frondosa is a native of India and is closely related to 

 Erythrina. It should be grown in dry, good soil in a protected 

 place. There is a fine young tree in my hammock. 



Callitris robusta is a rapid growing conifer, somewhat resem- 

 bling a red cedar. Personally I do not like most of the conifers 

 for Florida because they seem out of place in a subtropical coun- 

 try, but this tree is hardy and vigorous and makes fine wind 

 breaks. 



Calodendron capense is a handsome tree from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, having fine, large leaves and attractive flowers, in fact it 

 is considered the finest tree in South Africa. It has been offered 

 for sale here and should be somewhat hardy. 



Calophyllum inophyllum is a native of the Oriental Tropics 

 where it is much used for a shade tree. The generic name signi- 

 fies beautiful leaf, and it is well applied; the flowers are said to 

 be handsome. C. calaba has handsome leaves and is a native of 

 the West Indies. Some years ago I planted a seed of this which 

 was washed up on our shores and the tree is now twenty feet 

 high, but the flowers are inconspicuous. 



Cananga odorata yields the celebrated Ylang Ylang perfume of 

 the East Indies. The tree is . handsome and bears greenish 

 yellow flowers. It is fruiting at the Royal Palm Hotel in Miami. 



Canarium commune is an Indian tree of great beauty, much 

 used for street planting. The wide, thin, flat root-buttresses 

 are used for tables, cart wheels, etc., and the nut has an edible 

 kernel. I do not know that it has been tried in lower Florida 

 but it should be. 



Cassia fistula. A tree with large pinnate leaves and long, 

 pendent racemes of pale yellow, handsome flowers. Tropical 

 America. Does well here. 

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