A NEW ORNAMENTAL TREE FOR THE TROPICS, THE FLOR DE MICO. 
(Phylloearpus septentrionalis Donn. Smith, S. P. I. No. 50666.) 
Of the many beautiful flowering trees cultivated in the Tropics, 
none is more gorgeous, when in full bloom, than the royal 
poinciana. The "fior de mico," or monkey flower, of Guatemala, 
however, may be considered a worthy rival. At the flowering 
season it drop3 its leaves and the entire tree is covered with 
crimson-scarlet blossoms. So far as known, this tree has never 
before been introduced into cultivation; on Mr. Popenoe's last 
voyage to Guatemala he secured 15 pounds of seed, from which 
several thousand sturdy young plants have been grown for dis- 
tribution in southern Florida and in our tropical dependencies. 
(Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Barranquillo, Guatemala, 
January 29, 1920; P17717FS.) 
