EDWIN A. MENN 
1950-1951 Offerng Of 300 Different “«...., 
FLOWERING fiw OP | C AE TRE 


COCHLOSPERMUM 
*COCHLOSPERMUM (C. vitifclium). 
West Indian tree bearing gorgeous 4-inch 
brilliant yellow flowers in March. Blooms 
as small shrub. Finest of ornamentals in 
South Florida. 12-15” $1. 15-18” $2. 
Larger sizes available. Write for prices. 
“YELLOW SILK COTTON (Cochlo- 
spermum gossypium). Finer and more 
floriferous than the West Indian species. 
Rare. 8-12” $2. 

AFRICAN TULIP 
*DWARF AFRICAN TULIP (Spatho- | 
dea nilotica). This Kenya evergreen tree 
bears brilliant red tulip-like flowers much | 
of the year like its famous relative (S. 
campanulata) but keeps them down where 
you can see and enjoy them. 12-18” $2. 
WHITE TULIP (Dolichandrone cris- 
pa). Evergreen Indian tree allied to 
Spathodea, lovely white tulip-like flowers. 
15-187 $1. 

ONCOBA 
ONCOBA (O. spinosa). Bushy Arabi- 
an tree, lovely white camellia-like flowers 
twice a year. 12-18” $1. 
*CHORISIA (C. speciosa), Thorny- 
trunked South American tree, 4-inch white 
or pink lily-like flowers in Noy. 8-15” $2. 
°“TREE IXORA (I. macrothyrsa). Fin- 
est of all ixoras, big heads of crimson flow- 
ers. 6-8” $1. 
AFRICAN ORCHID (Honckenya fici- 
folia). Evergreen shrub, copious purple 
orchid-like flowers all summer. 2-3’ $3. 
°NEEDLEFLOWER (Posoqueria lati- 
folia). Evergreen West Indian small 
tree, 6-inch tubular flowers. 3-4 $5. 
= mauve flowers. 
INGER, 
TABEBUIA---Our 
*SALVADOR PINK TRUMPET (T. 
pentaphylla). National tree of Salva- 
dor because of spectacular pink flowers 

be eel ° : 
CUBAN PINK TRUMPETTREE 
Most widely planted of evergreen species, 
this small tree rarely exceeds 15 feet, cov- 
ers itself with shell-pink flowers several 
times a year. Ideal street tree. I rec- 
ommend this and next item above all oth- 
Gay, NID as” BSI, Zeele bates 
*DECIDUOUS PINK TRUMPET (T. 
pallida No. 2). Much like the Cuban 
tree, but foliage very glossy, almost oily. 
In March it drops its leaves suddenly and 
becomes a solid pink bouquet, often spec- 
tacular. Highly recommended. 12-15” 
$1. 
var). This sport of the Cuban tree rec- 
ommended for narrow parkways because 
of slender style of growth. 15-18” $1. 
RED-PINK HYBRID TRUMPET (T. 
pallide—+T.haemantha), 
two Cuban trees, 
| bright red, should be really something. 
| 6-8” $1. 
*SILVER TRUMPET (T. argentea). 
‘ver gray leaves, bears enormous quanti- 

“Tree of Gold.” 
SrAa Sas 
| Many call it MSPS SSS ie 
| 18-24” $2. 


PALMER’S TRUMPETTREE 
*PALMER’S TRUMPET (T. palmeri).. 
This Mexican tree, first to bloom, often | 
about Christmas-time and on into Febri- 
_ary, bears heavy clusters of purple or 
Very fine. 6-8” $2. 
ABS OWE ITEE 
The most beautiful blue-flowered vine, 
with evergreen foliage, that you have 
ever seen, is BIGNONIA MAGNIFICA. 
Here is a picture of it. Blooms all the 
Thrives from Key West to Jack- 
sonville. 
year. 
I will give a well-established plant of 
this prize beauty ABSOLUTELY FREE 
with every order for $8 or more worth of 
trees on this list. I have only 50 of these 
free plants, so hurry if you want one. 
You have to ASK FOR IT when you order. 
None of these for sale to anybody. All 

5-8’ $10. 
CRATING CHARGE of $1 on orders less than $5. Any 6 $1 trees go for $5, 
reserved for gifts to my customers. 
| 
“The Flowering Tree Man” 
in several shades. Evergreen, stands | ties of golden yellow flowers in early 
wind and water. 12-15” $2. spring. Beautiful tree for small yard. 
a 8-12” $1, 
*MEXICAN TRUMPET (T. chrysan- 
tha). Famed beauty bearing large gold- 
en flowers in great profusion. One of 
A |the finest. Large, soft leaves. 8-12” | 
| $2. 
TECOMA SP. (My No. 1101.) An- 
| other new introduction, probably is a) 
| Tabebuia, 6-8” $1. 
*CUBA PINK TRUMPET (T. pallida). ' 
°TALL PINK TRUMPET (T. pallida}. 
This cross—of 
one pink, the other | * 
| This best-known Paraguayan tree has sil- | 
ties of golden trumpet flowers in March. | 

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Finest Yard he 
*PORTO RICAN TRUMPET (T. glom- 
erata). Spreading small tree with soft 
light green leaves, bearing great quanti- 
*ROSE TRUMPET (T. rosea). Co- 
lombian species of slender growth, ever- 
shaped flowers among the leaves several 
times a year. 4-6’ $4 up. 
BOR PURERUNMPEL (an sp. No. 
1076). Lovely evergreen tree from 
Southern Mexico with quantities of pur- 
ple flowers in February. 5-6’ $5. 
TECOMA MOLLIS, This new intro- 
duction from northern Queensland is un- 
known here. 
Tabebuia trees. 
evergreen. 
Belongs doubtless with the 
Yellow flowers, probably 
8” $1. 

green, bears lovely dark pink trumpet- | | 




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MY555CLUB. > 
The world’s finest flowering tropical 
trees are 555 in number. Those of toy 
quality as ornamentals are marked in this 
list with a star (*). Buy quality. 
at | 
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*GEIGERTREE CORDIA (C. sebes- 
tena). Evergreen Florida native with 
gorgeous orange flower clusters all year. 
15-24” $1. 6-8 $10. 

GEIGERTREE CORDIA 
WHITE CORDIA (C._ alliodora). 
| White flowered West Indian tree, showy 
in flower. 6’ $5. 
SHOWY DILLENIA (D. 
Beautiful Indian evergreen 
indica) . 
small tree, 

YELLOW ELDER 
°YELLOW ELDER (Slenolobium 
stans). Yellow-flowered evergreen Flor- 
ida shrub or tree to 30’. Makes big show 
twice a year. 2’ $1. 3-4’ $3. 
LADY OF THE NIGHT (Brunfelsia 
americana). Evergreen West | Indian 
| shrub with heavily fragrant white tubular 
flowers. 2’ $2. I can supply |B. eximia 
and an unidentified white species. In- 
| quiries invited. 
| 
| CORNUTIA (C. grandifolid). Costa 
| Rican evergreen shrub or small tree of 
Verbena family bearing quantities of small 
blue flowers, often showy. 1-2”$1. 3-4 
$3. 
| ALBIZZIA RICHARDIANA.)| Lofty, 
| ste itely, quick-growing Madagascar tree 
| with feathery leaves, insignificant whitish 
| flowers. “One of the most beautiful trees 
| in Calcutta” because of distinctive grow th. | 
oh $1. 
LY FREE!! | 






| soft-spined pods contain red dye. 
2 $1. 3-6 
white magnolia-like flowers. 
| $5. 
*HEBESTIGMA (H. cubense). Showy, 
white-flowered Cuban dooryard tree. 12- 
fone 
LIPSTICK TREE 
*LIPSTICKTREE (Bixa_ orellano). 
Small evergreen tree, dense heart-shaped 
leaves. Large pink flower clusters in 
Novy.-Dec. like peach blossoms. Reddish 
Dale oO: 
RED WRIGHTIA (W. coccinea). 
Evergreen Indian tree, crimson allamanda- 
like flowers. 3-5’ $4. 
*MILLINGTONIA 
(M.  hortensis). 
| Graceful feathery evergreen tree of Big- 
non family, with white tubular flowers. 
Ey: RSE 
CURRY TREE (Murraya koenigi). 
Citrus relative whose leaves are prized for 
spicy fragrance used to make curry sauce. 
8-15” $1. 
JATROPHIA. These are shrubs or 
small trees, flowers red except J. standleyi 
(purple) 3’ $3. J. podagrica, Mexican. 
8-12” $1. J. multifida 18-24" $1. J. 
hastata 6-10” $2. 
TREE OF SADNESS (Nyctanthes ar- 
bor-tristis). This Indian shrub or small 
tree of the Olive family with rough quad 
rangular branches, bears highly fragrant, 
orange, tubular, jasmine-like flowers with 
14-inch white spreading lobes. These 


| open at evening, drop at sunrise. Cult- 
|vated throughout India for its flowers 
| which are used in garlands. Blooms all 
year. New introduction in U. S. Rare 
‘ Foe $5. 
|and beautiful. 

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