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and is easily transplanted. Rem-ember 
that it requires plenty of room and, when 
fully grown, wants the earth and the full¬ 
ness thereof, so put it where you do not 
expect to plant any crop in the future. 
Next in order I would place Prunus 
Caroliniana, or mock orange. This lovely 
evergreen tree is found in hammocks and 
well repays the trouble of transplanting. 
It is beautiful in all stages, from a small 
shrub, which makes a fine hedge, to a 
tall, shapely, pyramidal tree. 
Then come the bay trees, which are not 
used nearly as much as they should be, 
many people being under the impression 
that as they grow in wet places they will 
not thrive on the highlands. This is a 
great mistake as is easily seen when we 
remember that many of our garden 
flowers such as cannas, are originally 
swamp plants. Many trees that confine 
their habitat to low places would extend 
their range to the higher land were it 
not for forest fires. 
The long leaf pine can stand fire, hence 
it is found all over the sand hills, but you 
will notice that the short leaf pine and 
most of the hard wooded trees are con¬ 
fined to scrubs, hammocks and swamp 
lands and other areas where fire is in¬ 
frequent. Do not be afraid therefore, to 
try any swamp plant you fancy in your 
sandy garden—as a rule they will take 
all the compost you can give them, but if 
you go into the scrub and try the plants 
there you must be careful and not kill 
them by kindness. 
Of the red or sweet bays we have at 
least three varieties with us, Persea Bor- 
bonia, Persea Pubescens and Persea Hu- 
milis. Every housekeeper should have a 
sweet bay in her yard for the sake of the 
spicy leaves which add so much to the 
flavor of soups and stews. This is. the 
leaf used by the Creole cooks of Louisi¬ 
ana in the preparation of their famous 
dishes and is called by them, Gumbo Filet. 
The Gordonia Lasianthus, called black 
bay, bull bay and loblolly bay, makes a 
splendid avenue tree and with its masses 
of pure white bloom in spring, and its 
bright colored leaves in autumn, is well 
worth a place in any park. 
The white bay or Magnolia Glauca is 
easily handled and its creamy white fra¬ 
grant blossoms borne throughout the sum¬ 
mer make it very pleasing, though it can¬ 
not compare with its big brother the Mag¬ 
nolia Grandiflora with its immense, highly 
perfumed flowers and its rich dark green 
leaves. This noble evergreen flourishes 
best in Calcareous hammocks and rich 
soil and a judicious supply of lime ought 
to be provided for it. 
Another fine evergreen is Osmanthus 
Americana, or wild olive, also found in 
hammocks, to which place we must go 
for our holly trees of which I will only 
mention three, i. e., Ilex Cassine, com¬ 
monly called Cassina or Dahoon Holly. 
Ilex Vomitoria, or Youpon, and Ilex 
Opaca or American Holly. All these can 
be readily transplanted but care must be 
taken to defoliate them, as indeed must 
all wild plants with very few exceptions. 
Of deciduous trees worthy a place in 
the garden we can easily locate and trans¬ 
plant Acer Rubrum or red maple, and 
Liquidambar Styraciflua or sweet gum— 
both of which are gorgeous, both in their 
spring and fall costumes. Cercis Cana¬ 
densis or redbud, and Cornus Florida or 
