CHAPTER VII 

 TROPICAL TREES 



N the country garden that I loved in 

 the tropics there were many beauti- 

 ful trees and shrubs; great clumps 

 of tall, swaying bamboos of va- 

 rious species, graceful groups of palms, large 

 spreading rain-trees (Pithecolobium saman), the 

 canopied and sweet-scented Dim-Dim, the flaming 

 Poinciana, the rich golden Cassia fistula, the deli- 

 cately fringed mauve Lagerstramia regina, the 

 silver- and golden-balled Anthocephalus cadamba, 

 and many other large and glorious flowering 

 trees. 



The creepers, too, were a sight to behold ; large 

 masses of mauve Bougainmllea, brilliant orange 

 Bignonia venusta, bright blue Clitoria and Convol- 

 vulus Pentanthus, red and white Quisqualis, lilac 

 pink Tecoma, slate blue Petroea, crimson Poivrea 

 Coccinea, pure canary yellow Allamanda, the rich 



