138 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



trees for roads. P. saman has four to six pairs of pinnae, the 

 outer leaflets being largest. It is one of the standard shade trees 

 for roads in Cuba and though I had tried it repeatedly here it 

 failed until recently. I have it now doing finely and it will 

 probably make a large and attractive ornamental for lower 

 Florida. 



Pimento, officinalis, the Allspice of Jamaica, is an attractive 

 tree with thick, elongated, glossy leaves and white flowers in 

 corymbs. It is growing finely and has bloomed in my hammock. 



Plumeria. A small genus of fine trees from the American 

 Tropics with white, pink or red, very fragrant flowers from which 

 the perfume called Frangipani is made. The branches are club- 

 shaped; the flowers are in heads and handsome. P. alba has 

 white flowers;. P. rubra rich red; P. acutifolia white within and 

 pink outside; P. tricolor, yellow, red and white. They do best 

 in dry, rather poor soil and can be grown from cuttings if care is 

 taken that they are kept pretty dry. 



Podocarpus. A genus of ornamental conifers of which a few 

 species have been cultivated in Florida. P. macrophylla from 

 Japan is doing well with me and is quite striking. My specimen 

 is twelve feet high and has sent out a number of stems which are 

 densely set with large, dark green leaves. According to Schnabel 

 it is tender at Gainesville. 



Ricinus, Castor Bean. This well-known bedding plant of 

 northern gardens reaches the dimensions of a tree here. When 

 grown in rich soil and fertilized it produces quite a tropical 

 effect but it is likely to become scraggy. The variety or species 

 called sanguineus is dwarfed in habit and has purple-crimson 

 foliage. They are tender. 



Saraca indica. When I first received this I planted it in pine 

 land in sunshine and for years it did no good. Later I trans- 

 planted it to a more moist, somewhat shaded place where it is 

 now doing well. Like Brownea its young pinnate leaves are 

 purplish and drooping; it also has fine red flowers. It is probably 

 tender. 



Schinus molle. I have repeatedly failed with this beautiful 

 tree, but it may do better in soil that is free from lime. S. tere- 



