Best WINTER and SPRING-FLOWER trees for South Florida are Tabebuia, Cochlospermum, Bauhinia. 
BOTTLEBRUSH 
BOTTLEBRUSHES 
*WEEPING BOTTLEBRUSH (C. vim- 
inalis). Like Flame Bottlebrush but bushi- 
er w'th lene sioepine branches. 24-30” $2. 
SHOWY BOTTLEBRUSH 
°SHOWY BOTTLEBRUSH (C. speci- 
osus). Most Callistemon are shrubby 
many years with flowers to the ground. 
are tipped with gold. 
S=1 2583. 
*STIFF BOTTLEBRUSH (C. rigidus). 
Dwarfer and very stiff branchlets, brilliant 
red flowers. 24-30” $3. 
*FLAME BOTTLEBRUSH  (Calliste- 
mon citrinus splendens). Is much the 
finest kind of bottle brush, and does well 
all over Florida. It makes a bush, or tree, 
10 feet or more; the young shoots are pink 
and silvery. The large bottlebrush flowers 
around the ends of the shoots are shiny 
vermillion, each stamen tipped with gold. 
It flowers with great freedom, making a 
magnificent show. 12-18” $4. 
"PURPLE MELALEUCA (M. neso- 
phila). One of the most beautiful of Aus- 
tralian small trees, covered in spring with 
mauve -and-gold bottlebrush flowers. 
Small, narrow leaves, thick spongy bark. 
Fast growing. 15-18” $3. 
*CRIMSON MELALEUCA (M. hyper- 
icifolia). Vigorous evergreen Australian 
shrub to 10’ with exceedingly showy crim- 
son bottlebrush flowers in Spring. Cop- 
pery green fragrant foliage resembles Hy- 
percium. 15-18” $3. 
“SNOW IN SUMMER (Melaleuca 
linariifolia). Magnificent spreading Aus- 
tralian tree, the top turning white in flow- 
sring. 2’ $8. 
Magnificent plant. 
RED HORSECHESTNUT 
*RED HORSECHESTNUT (Aesculus 
carnea brioti). This is one of the grand- 
est trees for an avenue, or single specimen. 
It bears brilliant red flower clusters above 
the leaves. Deciduous. These plants are 
BLUE FLOWERS 
*RHODESIAN WISTERIA (Bolusan- 
thus speciosus). Finest blue-flowered Af- 
rican tree. 15-18” $2. 
JACARANDA 
*JACARANDA (J. acutifolia). Grace- 
ful South American tree with upright 
spikes of gorgeous flowers in March, 2- ay 
$1. Larger sizes available. 
*PANAMA JACARANDA (J. filici- 
one This more tender species with 
hanging clusters of blue tubular blossoms 
may flower better in extreme South Flor- 
ida. 15-18” $4. 
*LONCHOCARPUS (L. violaceus). 
Bermuda evergreen small tree of the Pea 
family, called “very beautiful” when coy- 
ered with its bright blue flowers. 18” $4. 
VITEX (V. altissima var. alata). Hand- 
some large Indian shade tree bearing love- 
ly blue flowers. Beautiful light green 
foliage, but tender. 10-15” $1. V. tri- 
folia. Bushy. 3’ $4, 
TREE POTATO (Solanum rantonne- 
ti). Here is a potato relative that makes 
large shrub or splendid small tree with 
lovely dark blue flowers. Unlike S. ma- 
cranthum, this plant is woody. Can be 
espaliered. 12-15” $1, 18-24” $2. 
CORNUTIA (C. grandifolia). Costa 
Rican evergreen shrub or small tree of 
Verbena family bearing quantities of 
small blue flowers, often showy. 5’ $6. 
*PURPLE MILLETTIA (M, atropur- 
purea). Large handsome evergreen Ma- 
layan tree to 100’ with dense dark glossy 
among the leaves but lay a purple carpet. 
Thrives even on poor soil. 3’ $10. I can 
supply also some of the lovely evergreen 
African and Burmese species, bearing in 
great profusion delicate pendulous race- 
mes of the most daintly tinted flowers, 
mauve, steel-blue, rose-colored and lazuli- 
blue, recalling in their general appearance 
the Japanese Wistaria to which they are 
allied. Colthurst calls them ‘ ‘very beauti- 
ful.” Write for sizes and prices. 
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“OCHROSIA 
OCHROSIA (O. elliptica). South Pa- 
cific small evergreen seaside tree, showy 
brilliant red fruits all winter. 2-6’ @ $2 
a foot. 
HORSERADISH (Moringa oleifera). 
Evergreen Indian tree, fernlike foliage, 
copious white flowers all year, dagger-like 
seed pods. 5-6’ $4. 
TETRAPLEURA (T. tetraptera). West African 
tree to 70’ with dark green fern-like foliage, 
yellow or pinkish flower spikes, and purple 4” 
winged pods. 2’ $4. 
South 
RUPRECHTIA (R. coriacea). 
American small tree of the Buckwheat 
family with lovely flowers. 8-12” $1. 
PUA (Fagraea berteriana), Evergreen 
shrub or small tree of the South Pacific, 
prized in Hawaii for the wide clusters of 
fragrant tubular white flowers that change 
The Western Australian C. speciosus has| 4-5 foot grafts. Will be shipped bare | green crown and purple flowers in clust- | to orange. The glossy big leaves are beau- 
slightly shorter leaves, and the anthers | root after January 1. $12. ers 12-18” long which are inconspicuous| tiful too. 8-15” $3. 
Best NORTH FLORIDA trees are Eucalyptus, Clethra, Metrosideros, Tibouchina, Bottlebrush, Firewheel 
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