Trees and Shrub 



PLUMBAGO. 



A genus comprising about ten species of hardy shrubs or 

 annual herbs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies 

 and Southern Europe. 



Plumbago capensis, (the pale-blue variety) is the most popu- 

 lar of the species, being admirably adapted for training on trel- 

 lises or pillars as is also Plumbago Zealanica (the white-flower- 

 ing variety) . The latter does well as a garden shrub. Whether 

 grown as a shrub or for the purpose of covering walls or trellises, 

 it should be cut back hard after the flowering season is over in the 

 late Fall. 



Propagate by suckers, which should be taken off in the early 

 Spring and placed in nursery rows, or by cuttings placed in a 

 cold frame in light sandy leaf-mold in September. 



POINCIANA (Peacock-flower}. 



A genus of very pretty flowering trees or shrubs, natives 

 of the West Indies and Eastern North Africa. They must have 

 a warm sunny situation where they form grand effects in 

 Summer and Autumn. 



Poinciana pulcherrima (the East Indian species) grows to 

 the height of about twelve feet and bears great masses of orange- 

 yellow flowers. 



Poinciana regia (from Madagascar) is the largest of the 

 genus, reaching, under favorable conditions, the height of from 

 thirty to forty feet and having a trunk three feet in diameter. 

 With its beautiful bipinnate leaves two feet in length it is very 

 effective in the garden or grounds, especially when it is covered 

 with its gorgeous masses of bright scarlet and yellow flowers. 



Propagate by cuttings in the Fall (protect them with 

 glass frame during the first Winter), or by seeds sown, in early 

 Spring, in a cold frame; cover the seeds to the depth of 

 one-quarter of an inch. 



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