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throughout the whole, southern end of the 
State. To mention only a few in passing, 
we have, of course, the Acalyphas in va¬ 
riety; the fragrant Artobotrys and Ces- 
trums, not to forget the wonderful rose- 
pink Cestrum elegans and the orange Oes¬ 
trum aurantiacum, which are not fra¬ 
grant ; the Assonias with their large com¬ 
posite heads of soft pink flowers, a single 
head making a nice corsage;then the Dae- 
dalacanthus, with its intense blue flowers 
coming at the height of the tourist sea¬ 
son; the Ixoras in both red and yellow; 
the charming Turk’s cap, or Malvaviscus; 
the intense yellow Stenolobium or yellow 
elder, a true gamboge shade; and so on 
down the list. A truly wonderful va¬ 
riety, also sadly neglected for the better 
known Allamandas, Hibiscus, and olean¬ 
ders. 
In the hardy shrubbery, the havoc 
caused by the. Federal Quarantine 37 will 
of course be noted, cutting off as it did 
the importation of azaleas and camellias 
from abroad and forcing the American 
nurseryman back on his resources. That 
he accepted this challenge, and won out 
with his usual ingenuity and enterprise, 
goes, of course, without saying, and it 
is interesting to note that there are two 
firms at least, possibly more, in Florida, 
that will shortly offer their own stock 
of these materials. Pittosporum, Laurel 
Cherry, Oleanders, Privets, etc., have of 
course been affected by this shortage in 
other lines but are now getting back to 
normal again. Just at present the only 
well known hardy materials which are 
hard to obtain are the sweet olive, Os- 
manthus fragrans, and the anise shrub, 
Illicium anisatum, and it is to be hoped 
that some way of augmenting the visi¬ 
ble supply of these two excellent subjects 
will be found. 
As to notes on new subjects we would 
call attention to Eugenia hookeriana, Li- 
gustrum massalongeanum, and Viburnum 
suspensum (also known as sandankwa), 
all truly magnificent subjects which we 
have obtained from California, and while 
they have not been tested as yet by a real 
freeze we believe they will be found 
hardy throughout most of the State. We 
have also discovered a Raphiolepis ja- 
ponica, which is the equal or superior of 
the well known indica, and which grows 
five times as fast. There is considerable 
confusion, however, in the nomenclature, 
the ordinary indica being listed as ja- 
ponica by some nurserymen, the obtain¬ 
ing of a stock of true japonica is, there¬ 
fore, beset with difficulties. The Ilex 
paraguayensis, or the “yerba mate” of the 
Argentine, also shows promise and is 
being propagated for use as a hedge or 
the taller shrubbery. It will of course 
be entirely hardy. The native Myrtle, 
Myrica cerifera, and salt bush, Bacharis 
halimifolia, are being field grown too, 
as for some situations they simply “can’t 
be beat.” 
In the vines it will be enough to pause 
a moment to bewail the comparative lack 
of interest in the wonderful newer species 
of Bougainvilleas. We do not, of course, 
under-rate the. common! glabra sandriana, 
as we are well acquainted with it from 
years of experience; but to mention it in 
the same breath with some of the newer 
species seems almost like sacrilege. By 
a great deal of work and experimenta¬ 
tion we have worked up five of the new 
