SHOWER TREES 
JAVA SHOWER 
*JAVA SHOWER (Cassia javanica). 
This is even more beautiful than the 
Golden Shower, its long swaying branches 
topped with big clusters of bright pink 
flowers in May and June; some flowering 
persists until October. The brilliant pink 
blossoms against a blue Florida sky are 
indescribably lovely. This is very closely 
related to the “Pink-and-White Shower” 
(C. nodosa) and they may be varieties 
of the same species. In any event they 
have the same exquisite flowers, and if 
you have an opportunity to plant either 
one, do it today. The trees will sustain 
considerable cold without damage. 
PINK-AND-WHITE SHOWER 
* PINK-AND-WHITE-SHOWER _ (C. 
nodosa). This famed Indian tree has beau- 
tiful clusters of bright pink fragrant flow- 
ers along its branches in May. It is closely 
allied to the Java shower (C. javanica). 
This tree in bloom is spectacular. (De- 
scribed in 1947 catalog.) 
* BRONZE SHOWER (C. moschata). 
This tall South American tree is listed by 
10 
Macmillan among the finest of flowering 
trees. Its mixed yellow and orange-red 
petals give the bronzed effect in bloom- 
ing. (Described in 1947 catalog). 
* CALCEOLARIA SHOWER (C. spec- 
tabilis. Syn. C. speciosa). This very quick 
growing spreading evergreen tree to 60 
feet, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, flowers in 
November-December, “when for a few 
weeks it is very conspicuous and _ beau- 
tiful,” says Freeman & Williams. Record 
calls the flowers “showy.” Hoehne says: 
“Many large yellow flowers.” The huge 
pyramids of bright golden blossoms often 
2 feet long, arise on the branch tips. This 
is an excellent early-winter flower for 
Florida gardens 
BURMESE SHOWER 
* BURMESE SHOWER (C. renigera). 
This small deciduous tree has been called 
“finest of all Cassias”, for its copious 
flowers in April-May are larger and a 
brighter pink than the preceding. It 
grows and flowers well even in moist cli- 
mates, although in its native habitat it is 
accustomed to a dry climate and can grow 
in poor soils. When the flowers appear in 
short clusters along the bare branches, 
together with the young leaves, the tree 
is strikingly handsome. 
ARGENTINE SHOWER (C. carnaval) 
This attractive pyramidal semi-evergreen 
tree to 18 feet, bears lovely yellow flowers 
in drooping clusters. It is probably hardy 
to zone 7. 
HARDY SHOWER (C. floribunda. Syn. 
C. corymbosa). Argentine shrub or small 
tree, half hardy, very free flowering, its 
yellow blossoms in long-stalked bunches. 
