PITTOSPORUM SENACIA. The seed of this tree came to me 
from the botanical garden in Tananarive, Madagascar. I have no 
description for it. 
EUGENIA BRASILIENSIS. (Myrtaceae). Brazit EvucENIA. 
Closely allied to but apparently not identical with E. Dombeyi, regard- 
less of Bailey and Popenoe. (cf. Standardized Plant Names, p. 218). 
This is a tree to 20 feet with attractive green foliage and striking 
purple or crimson, cherry-size fruits, perhaps resembling nothing quite 
so much as an overgrown Piranca (Surinamcherry), to which it is 
closely related. The leaves grow like scales along the branches. The 
small white flowers are unimportant. The tree likes a wet location 
and well-drained soil. Most of the other familiar members of this 
family have now been transferred to the genus Syzigium, and under 
that heading you will find some old friends. 
SWIETENIA MAHOGANI. (Melicaeae). WeEstinvIEs Manoc- 
any. A fine large tropical tree, useful for street planting. Its flowers 
are inconspicuous. 
PODALYRIA CALYPTRATA (Papilionaceae). These plants were 
grown from seed received from the National Botanic Garden, Kirsten- 
bosch, Cape Town, South Africa. It is described as a shrub or small 
tree with silky, pubescent leaves and purplish or bluish-white butter- 
fly-like flowers. It is closely related to the Calpurnea aurea occasionally 
seen in our Florida gardens with its lovely golden flowers, and to two 
other trees I have grown from seed from Africa, Virgilia oroboides and 
Virgilia divaricata. All of these are now available. 

TREE SEEDS 
Some growers prefer to raise their own plants from 
seed. To them I can offer several hundred varieties of 
seeds of flowering tropical trees, some of which are listed 
on the envelope in which this catalog was mailed. More- 
over I am constantly in receipt of new shipments from 
correspondents all over the world. 
To those interested in this activity, I offer a tree seed 
service. For an advance payment of $5, this service en- 
titles you to a complete list of seeds now on hand, from 
which you may select 10 packets, plus a monthly bulletin 
of new seeds received, and the choice of an additional ten 
packets of these seeds within a period of one year. 
Best germination is obtained by planting shallowly in 
shredded sphagnum moss under glass. Hard seeds like 
Erythrina, Acacia, Cassia, Ormosia, Adenanthera, etc., suc- 
ceed best if you put some boiling water in a glass, drop 
in the seeds and let stand overnight. 
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