"INDIAN VITEX (V. altissima var. 
alata). Handsome large Indian shade tree 
bearing lovely blue flowers. Beautiful 
light green foliage, but tender. Cleghorn 
says: “Of great beauty when in flower.” 
Nairne says: “A beautiful tree when in 
flower.” (Described in 1947 catalog). 
PHILIPPINE VITEX (V. parviflora). 
This tall, evergreen, shady, timber tree 
with clusters of small blue flowers was 
introduced by the Fairchild Tropical Gar- 
den. 
COCHLOSPERMUM 
* COCHLOSPERMUM (C. vitifclium). 
This West Indian tree to 30 feet bears 
quantities of gorgeous 4-inch _ brilliant 
yellow flowers in March-April in crowded 
clusters at the tips of the branches while 
bare of leaves and is one of our most 
spectacular spring bloomers. It flowers 
frequently as a shrub. I can also supply 
the Indian species C. gossypium which 
Macmillan places among the finest of the 
world’s flowering trees. I have succeeded 
in growing small plants of two Australian 
species, C. heteronemum, with yellow 
flowers and C., gillivraei with red flowers. 
Albert de LeStang, my correspondent so 
remote in northern Queensland that he 
gets mail only four times a year, says 
both species are “very showy” but rare 
in the wild and “very difficult to establish 
in foreign environment.” 
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DOUBLE COCHLOSPERMUM 
* DOUBLE COCHLOSPERMUM (C. 
vitifolium var.). Eyen more spectacular 
in my garden than the common Cochlos- 
permum is this double- flowered form 
from Puerto Rico with massive golden 
blossoms that look like yellow peonies, so 
heavy the branches have difficulty carry- 
ing them. This outstanding ornamental 
sets no seed. 
*RHODESIAN WISTARIA (Bolusan- 
thus speciosus). This tender, very slow- 
growing South African tree to 15 feet 
bears hanging clusters of deep blue-purple, 
scented Wistaria-like blossoms, coming out 
just before the new dark-green leaves 
which are absent only briefly. Macmillan 
reports it as “one of the most ornamental 
trees of sub-tropical South Africa.” Al- 
though it survives temperature drops to 
25° the tree requires warmth to flower. 
Because its wood is ant and borer-proof, 
Steedman says settled areas of Southern 
Rhodesia “have been denuded of this 
beautiful tree, cut down for fence posts.” 
LECYTHIS (L. elliptica). Highly orn- 
amental are these trees of the Brazilnut 
family, with white or reddish shell-like 
flowers which are borne in_ profusion 
among the thick foliage but are most 
noticeable as a carpet on the ground for 
two weeks at blooming time. 
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. 
