CONDITIONS OF SALE 
All of the trees described in this book are growing in my garden 
at Stuart, Florida. They represent the surplus produced from seed 
which I have been importing from every tropical country in the world 
over a period of several years. They are only a fractional part of 
the flowering trees I am growing for the eventual beautification of 
all Florida and if the public reception of the 150 species described 
herein warrants, there will follow a companion catalog describing at 
least 150 others which are or soon will be available. 
Floridians generally are acquainted with only two showy-flowered 
trees—the Royal Poinciana from Madagascar and the Jacaranda from 
South America. Beautiful as these are, they are only two out of the 
thousands which the World Tropies have to offer. There are many, 
many more, with red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, and white flowers, 
that most of us know nothing about. We cannot plant trees that we 
never heard of or even dreamed about. 
The purpose of this catalog is to describe 150 outstanding flower- 
ing trees that Florida growers can now get acquainted with. Generally 
speaking, nearly all trees have flowers, but this catalog is devoted 
to those whose flowers are a conspicuous feature of the tree’s growth. 
Not all of the species described are as gorgeous as the Royal Poinciana 
—not by any means. Not all of them will succeed in Florida—that is 
a matter of experiment for you and me over a period of years. Not 
all of them will prove popular. But in the pages that follow, you will 
learn of many splendid trees which, for the first time, you can actually 
obtain and plant in your own yard. You can take an active part in a 
constructive effort to create more beauty on our Florida landscape, for 
it is no harder to grow a beautiful, gigantic bouquet in your dooryard 
than it is to nurture an Australian pine or a seedling mango. 
I make no pretense of scholarly attainments in the plant world. 
My sole interest is in finding, learning about and growing right here 
in Florida, the most beautiful flowering trees to be found anywhere 
in the World Tropics, and in enlisting other lovers of beauty to grow 
these trees with me—to the end that Florida—the State of Flowers— 
shall be famed for the gorgeous array of blooming trees which our 
incomparable climate makes possible. The descriptions in this book 
are in the language of the layman. I have drawn from scores of 
reference books to add to my personal experience and to the experiences 
of my friends, in order to tell you as much as I can about the possibili- 
ties of each tree. To assist the reader, I have classified all the entries 
under the color of flowers. To each tree is given first the correct botani- 
cal name in capital letters. Next comes, in italics, ‘the “Natural Order” 
— the botanical family to which it belongs. Next, in small capitals, 
comes the correct common name for the tree if I have been able to 
find one; but bear in mind that there are no common names for most 
of thern because these trees are decidedly uncommon. I don’t care 
