SHADE TREES, Continued 
MAGNOLIA [40] grandiflora. Hardy. Native. 
Reaching a height of eighty feet, this magnificent 
evergreen tree with broad shining leaves and 
large waxy white fiowers six inches or more 
across is one of the loveliest of the southern 
evergreens. It is better suited to the northern 
and central parts of the state yet with proper 
care it will thrive fairly well farther south 
though it does not make such a large tree. It 
should be transplanted only during the winter 
months unless tub or box grown. 
MELALEUCA [41] armillaris. Sub-tropical. Aus¬ 
tralia. Small tree or large shrub with slender 
drooping branches and white fiowers in cylind¬ 
rical spikes. This is one of the more graceful of 
the smaller Melaleucas and while not suited to all 
sections like the cajeput will apparently do quite 
well on high well drained soil. 
M. hypericifolia. Sub-tropical. Australia. Small tree 
or large shrub with small lanceolate leaves. A 
very graceful subject for high well drained situa¬ 
tions. This type is supposed to have red fiowers 
but apparently has never fiowered in the state. 
Very popular in California. 
M. Leucadendra. Cajeput or Punk Tree. Sub-trop¬ 
ical. Australia. A slender tree of medium height 
with willowy branches and narrow gray-green 
foliage. The Melaleuca is one of our most prac¬ 
tical subjects for planting near the salt water 
when not exposed to excessive salt spray, and in 
fact will thrive almost anywhere except in the 
colder sections of the state. The attractive flowers 
borne several times a year are creamy white and 
shaped like those of the bottle brush. The bark is 
soft, silvery-white, rather cork-like and peels off 
in thin layers. 
NEPHELIUM [42] longanum. Longan Tree. Trop¬ 
ical. India. A very beautiful tree with dark green 
shiny leaves, but unfortunately rather tender. 
It is a relative of the Litchii and resembles it 
somewhat in growth but makes a much larger 
tree. The litchii-like fruit is brown, rather small 
and borne in large clusters, but with very little 
pulp. 
OCHROSIA [43] elliptica. Tropical. Mascarene 
Islands. A small to medium sized tree with open 
rather limber branches and long blunt pointed 
leaves in whorls at the end of the branches. The 
flowers are small, creamy yellow and followed 
by clusters of beautiful red almond-shaped, non¬ 
edible fruit during the winter and spring. As yet 
quite rare in this country, this is a very hand¬ 
some subject. 
PARKINSONIA [44] aculeata. Jerusalem Thorn. 
Hardy. Tropical America. The drooping growth 
habit, unusual foliage and lovely flowers make 
this tree very ornamental but of little value as 
a shade tree. It makes a tree of about 30 feet 
in height armed in short sharp spines and very 
narrow pinnate leaves usually over a foot long. 
Numerous small bright yellow flowers are borne 
in loose racemes in the early spring and in small 
quantities during the summer. 
PELTOPHORUM [45] ferrugineum. Tropical. 
Southeastern Asia. A large, fast growing tree 
with foliage very similar to that of the Royal 
Poinciana. The shoots and under side of the 
younger leaves are covered with a rusty velvety 
down. The showy, scented flowers, appearing in 
late summer, are borne in large terminal panicles 
and are yellow in color with an undertone of 
brown. 
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PiTHECELLOBIUM [46] lanceolatum. Tropical. 
Central America. Rather smaller and slower in 
growth than the more common P. dulce, the 
Pithecellobium lanceolatum is a very handsome 
spreading tree with somewhat larger and more 
lanceolate leaves. The white bottle brush-like 
blooms come in summer and are followed by 
curiously twisted seed pods with long fleshy 
brilliant red arils on which the large black seed 
are suspended. A most interesting form and well 
worthy of more general planting. 
P. dulce. Monkey Pod. Tropical. Central America, 
Mexico, and Philippines. A fairly large spread¬ 
ing tree with rather unsymmetrical grayish trunk 
and spines along the smaller branches. The foli¬ 
age is quite small but distinct in appearance, and 
since it is of very rapid growth it makes an excel¬ 
lent shade tree that stands wind and coastal 
planting very well. The curious twisted seed pods 
are very ornamental and unusual. 
PITTOSPORUM [47] viridiflorum. Cape Pittospo- 
rum. Sub-tropical. South Africa. With foliage 
somewhat like the shrub form of Pittosporum 
only larger, the Cape Pittosporum makes a very 
dense foliaged tree that reaches a height of 25 
feet. Rather rapid in growth with handsome 
dark green and shining leaves, it is an interesting, 
hardy, but not particularly shapely tree. 
PLEIOGYNIUM [48] Solandri. Burdekin Plum. 
Sub-tropical. This rapid growing evergreen tree 
with large compound leaves resembles the Spa- 
thodea somewhat; but is, of course, much hardier. 
The inconspicuous flowers are followed by large 
plum-like purple fruit useful in jelly making. 
Quercus virginiana 
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