EDWIN A. MENNINGER 
“THe FLOWERING TREE MAN” 
Stuart, Florida 
TREE CLUBS. Cheapest and best way to buy a lot of fine new trees. All are worth knowing and 
growing. Let their colors brighten Florida homes everywhere. Plant unusual, beautiful trees'. 
Club A — $5 -- Four kinds of Palm Trees. They make very fine ornamentals in any yard. 
Royal 3', 2 kinds of fishtail, small African oilpalm., Crating cost included. 
Club B — $5 — Five Flowering Trees. All of them are easy to grow, should be on your place. 
Red -- Queensland umbrella tree (Brassaia actinophylla). 8-12" 
Pink — Tabebuia sp. Splendid evergreen tree, copious fls thrice annually. 1! 
Yellow -—— Tipuana tipu. Algerian shade tree, popular in Calif. Many fls. 2! 
White —- Apoplanesia paniculata. Evgn Brazilian tree bearing lots of fls. 2-3! 
Purple -— Bauhinia variegata. Spring-blooming orchid tree. Crating cost included. 
Club C — $5 — Another Five Flowering Trees. Different and also worth while. Crate cost included. 
Red — Wrightia coccinea. Evgn Indian tree with dark crimson allamanda—like fls. 3! 
Yellow -- Cassis sp. Many lovely items in this genus. Will give you a good one. 2! 
Pink — Triplar iplaris surinamensis. Only female has pretty fls. Add $1 for an extra. 
Purple -—— Bavhinia purpurea. November blooming orchid tree, dark purple. 15" 
White —- Tabebuia sp. These were raised from seed of tree having pure wh fls. 15" 
Club D — $10 - Rare and Better Flowering Trees. Crating cost included. 
Red — Stenocarpus sinuatus. Queensland FIREWHEEL tree, Evgn, bright orange fls 8” 
Yellow — SILVER TRUMPETTREE (Tabebuia argentea). Clouds of gold fls in Mar. 8-15" 
White —- EVERGREEN HAZEL (Guevina avellana). Among showiest of all trees. 8-12" 
Pink — Aesculus indica. INDIAN HORSECHESTNUT. Crimson—tipped pink fls. 12-15" — 
Purple —— QUEEN'S CRAPEMYRTLE (Lagerstroemia speciosa) Famed for beau mauve fls 15" 
Club E — $10 - More Gorgeous Flowering Trees. Crating cost included 
Red — Chilean FIRE TREE (Embothrium coccineum). Among world's showiest Evgn 12" 
Yellow —- GOLDEN SHOWER (Cassia fistula)Famed Indian tree, thrives in Fla. 15-18" 
White -— GOLDSPIRE AZARA (A. integrifolia). Lovely hardy tree from Chile. Evgn 15" 
Pink — PINK & WHITE SHOWER (Cassia Eatons) Finest of pink fld Cassias. 12-18" 
Purple —- PURPLE TRUMPET (Tabebuia No. 1076). Gets covered purple fls in Mar. 18" 
Club F — $5 — Three of the most beautiful of evergreen vines. All in demand. Cratecost included. 
Red -— Combretum grandiflora. Great comb—like trisess of red fls.. Full sun.) 12" 
Blue -- Petrea volubilis. PURPLEWREATH. Many 2-blued fls like grape clusters. 12" 
Purple — PURPLE BIGNON (C Clytostoma calistigeoides). 4-inch mauve trumpet fls. 15" 
Club G — $5 — Feuit Trees either unusual or rare. Worth cultivating in any yard. Crate cost incl. 
i cei sapida). Evgn tree bearing bright red fruits like xmas ornaments. 2! 
gee O. elliptica). New Caledonian even salt-resistant, red-fruited tree. 8" 
QUEENSLAND NUT Macadamia ternifolia). Evgn street tree, fine tasty nuts. 8-12" 
SHOWY DILLENIA (D. indica indica). Small Indian tree, large white magnolia-like fls. BY is 
Club H — $10 - Shrubs (11 of them) that you will be sure to want in your garden. Crate cost incl. 
CURRY TREE (Murraya koenigi). Indian white-fld tree with highly aromatic lvs. len 
PINK CALLIANDRA (C. surinamensis). Pink-tipped white fls all year, spreading lan 
RED CALLIANDRA (C. haematocephala). Red-head, showiest thing in your yard. 8" tea 
CERISE CALLIANDRA (C. emarginata). Lots of smaller purple-red fls. Honduras. Be 
LADY OF THE NIGHT (Brunfelsia americana). Exceedingly frag white fls. Evgn. 15" 
DWARF POINCIANA (Caesalpinia pulcherrima). Valued for showy red-&-yellow fls. 21 
PURPLE ARDISIA (A. crenulata). Dense evgn shrub, purple berries. Good filler. y2R M4 
POTHOS -—- Will make vine on tree with huge striped leaves. Showy ornamental. 12". Gi 
PURPLE CRAPEMYRTLE (Lagerstroemia indica). Among finest of summer flowerers, 16" 
WEST INDIAN CHERRY (Malpighia punicifolia). Large evgn shrub, quantities red re. oh 
RED BAUHINIA (B. galpini). Rare So African scandent shrub, brick red fls. Ft of ; 



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UNUSUALLY FINE HALF-HARDY TREES FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA, AS WELL AS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA, mide 
Azara integrifolia. GOLDSPIRE AZARA. Small tree from Chile, reaching 15-18 ft. Bears deliekouae aah 
fragrant small yellow flowers in great masses on the lower side of the spreading branches. 
Blooms all winter. Rare in Florida and should be fine garden subject. 12" gal can $2.50. Pehon. 
Azara gilliesi. This splendid 15-ft small tree from Chile would hardly be recognized as an Azara. — 
In ea early Spring it bears showy golden flowers in drooping 2-inch racemes. Foliage very pleasit Ne 
and hollylike. New this year. Never offered before in Florida. 8 - 12", gal can $4. 8 = 
FLAMING BOTTLEBRUSH (Callistemon citrinus splendens). First offered in England, this is one of 
the most vividly colored bottlebrushes yo you have ever seen. The plant is a heavy bloomer of iy Woe 
compact habit. Does well with little water. 12-inch. $2.50. gal can 24-inch $5. at 
LILY~OF-THE-VALLEY CLETHRA (C. arborea). Too bad this beautiful little plant isn't hardier, 
stands 25 deg. okay but that is about the limit. It is a vigorous large shrub of quick growth ‘i 
to 20 ft. Pure white, richly frag fls in terminal clusters have strong resemblance to Lily-of- . pa 
the- Valley. Needs acid soil. 8 - 12" gal can $2.50. 
CHILEAN FIREBUSH (Embothrium coccineum). Tall, slender, pyramidal evgn tree requiring half ae eu. 
acid soil. In April it bears profusion of brilliant orange scarlet fls in terminal clusters, 
in full bloom it appears aflame. This is one of the showiest flowering trees known. 1! gal can $4. 
TASMANIAN EUCRYPHIA (E. billardieri) Eucryphias are among the supremely beautiful plants that no 
grower of the best can afford to overlook, This is a small tree, bearing white, 2-inch almond- 
scented fls, saucer shaped, filled with pink anthers, resembling single roses. 8-12" gal can $2.50. 
EVERGREEN HAZEL (Guevina avellana). This Chilean tree is described as one of the most beautiful of 
all trees, with snowy-white fls in spikes, and pinnate lvs with dentate leaflets. Closely related 
to the Queensland nut (Macadamia ternifolia) it is offered in Florida for first time. Should - 
make exceedingly fine street and yard tree, Resents root disturbance. 8-12" gal can $4. 
TREE POTATO (Solanum rantonetti). Here is a potato relative that makes large shrub or splendid gi 
little tree with lovely blue flowers. Unlike S. macranthum which is the potato tree sometimes 
seen in So. Fla. but too soft for our winds, this new tree is woody. Much planted in Calif. and 
should take hold in So. Fla. Plant can be espaliered but best as tree. 18" gal can $5. 



