THE CUBA REVIE W 



17 



A Frangipani Tree 



Frangipani 



By C. D. Mell 



Frangipani is a general name given to all the species of a rather extensive group of 

 ihrubs or small trees, which botanists distinguish by the name Plumieria. The French 

 lame is frangipanier, a supposed allusion to the fragrance of the flowers, which is not 

 mlike that of frangipani, a sort of perfume invented in the r2th century by an 



