Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VIII. 



Spathodea campanulata Beauv., a Strikingly Handsome Ornamental Tree for 

 Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39222.) 



This tall, straight tree from western tropical Africa has succeeded remarkably well in India and 

 Java as a shade tree. Originally brought from Jamaica by Mr. W. J. Matheson, it is now the 

 largest specimen in the United States. With its large, bright orange-red flowers produced at the 

 tips of the branches, it is very ornamental and conspicuous at a distance. (Photographed by 

 Wilson Popenoe, at Four Way Lodge, the residence of Mr. Matheson, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., 

 April 15, 1916; P16716FS.) 



