POINCIANAS 
ROYAL POINCIANA 
ROYAL POINCIANA (Delonix regia). 
Most spectacular of all flowering trees is 
the famed Madagascar red-flowered flam- 
boyant tree that grows fast and should 
be planted only in large yards or wide 
parkways. 
* WHITE FLAMBOYANT  (Delonix 
elata). This rare Indian relative of our 
famed Royal Poinciana, has yellow-white 
petals that turn orange. Gamble says: “A 
pretty, medium-sized tree, planted as an 
avenue tree; flowers large, showy.” 
COLVILLEA 
* GCOLVILLEA \(C. racemosa). “This 
magnificent slow-growing, red-flowered 
Madagascar tree, allied to the Royal Poin- 
ciana, is rare in Florida gardens because 
it seldom sets seed and is difficult to 
propagate. The 8-inch deep orange-scarlet 
clusters of flower buds hang like bunches 
of grapes at the tips of the branches in 
October-November, and suddenly those 
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at the top begin popping open to expose 
the red-yellow-orange flowers, in a dazzl- 
ing show against the blue-sky. Blooming 
progresses slowly down the spike, the 
spent blossoms falling to spread an orange 
carpet on the ground under the tree. The 
tree is bare of foliage in midwinter, but 
the rest of the year its elegant spreading 
crown is of conspicuous beauty on the 
landscape. The tree wants sweet soil. 
MEXICAN CAESALPINIA 
CAESALPINIA (C. mexicana). This 
vigorous feathery-leafed small tree is an 
ideal ornamental in the yard, for it never 
exceeds 25 feet, it is evergreen and bears 
lovely big sprays of rather large, bright 
yellow flowers throughout the year. 
DIVI-DIVI (C. coriaria). This is a pret- 
ty tropical American tree with thin foliage 
and clusters of yellow flowers, somewhat 
planted in Fort Lauderdale for ornament. 
The 1l-inch pods contain a valuable tannin 
material. 
MYSORE THORN (C. sepiaria). India 
sent us this prickly, scrambling shrub to 
12 feet with larger leaflets and bright yel- 
low flowers followed by beaked pods. 
QUEBRAHACHA $ (Libidibia puncta- 
ta). Here is a Venezuelan evergreen tree 
to 35 feet with a “common” name worse 
than the scientific name which is a good 
tongue-twister. The perfectly lovely, tiny- 
leaved foliage is just right for light shade, 
and the copious yellow flowers, with one 
orange petal, in long clusters, make you 
think of the dwarf poinciana of Florida 
gardens, to which this newcomer is re- 
