-FLOWERED THEVETIA 
*“BIG-FLOWERED (T. thevetoides). 
Here is a wonderful new shrub or small 
tree for your garden. The “lucky nut” or 
“yellow oleander” has been cultivated for 
years in Florida, but this newly introduc- 
ed Mexican relative has gorgeous yellow 
flowers four times as big and showy. 
Hardy all over Florida, it is a must for 
your garden. 
BE-STILL TREE (Thevetia peruvi- 
ana). This “lucky nut” or “yellow oleand- 
er’ is deservedly popular in Florida gar- 
dens, for its tubular flowers are produced 
all through the year above the evergreen 
foliage. There are three different colors— 
crange, yellow, white. Excellent filler 
shrub. 
DILLENIA (D. indica. Syn. D. speci- 
osa). One ‘of the handsomest of Indian 
trees and ideal for the small garden, with 
very ornamental leaves and 9-inch white 
magnolia-like, fragrant flowers. (Full de- 
scription in 1947 catalog). 
“WORMIA (W. burbidgei). Too bad 
to give any plant a name like this, especi- 
ally a beautiful one! This is an ornamental 
shrub or small tree from Borneo to 12 feet 
high, bearing large, solitary bright yellow 
2-inch flowers like the Dillenia to which 
it is related. The very large leaves to 18 
inches are unusual in that the terminal 
bud is enclosed in the sheathing base of 
the next, older leaf. The fruits split open 
when ripe, displaying the red interior. 
POISON-ARROW TREE (Acokan- 
thera longiflora). This is a small, much- 
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branched evergreen Kenya tree to 20 feet, 
with glossy leaves and_ sweet-scented 
waxy-white-tinged-pink, 1-inch allamanda- 
like flowers in clusters in the leaf axils. 
These are succeeded by plum-like, 2-inch 
edible fruits that turn from pink through 
scarlet to deep purple. The leaves of this 
tree are used by African tribesmen for 
preparing arrow poison, but it is not as 
potent as that obtained from some other 
plants. “Well worth growing,” says Jex- 
Blake. 
“KOPSIA (K. flavida). This magnifi- 
cent evergreen Malayan tree to 40 feet, 
densely bushy from the ground, “certainly 
will become a popular tree,” says Corner, 
because “it grows so well and flowers so 
freely, the crown being whitened with 
blossoms.” The allamanda-like flowers are 
2 inches wide in short dense clusters. 
Don't confuse this tree with Ochrosia 
which careless plantsmen in Florida often 
call “Kopsia.” 
BUSH CAMWOOD (Baphia _ race- 
mosa). This small, erect, evergreen tree 
to 8 feet with leathery leaves, native of 
South Africa, bears flowers in a leafy 
cluster, white with purple veins. It looks 
a little like a bush Pongamia to which it is 
allied. 
“SPARMANNIA (S. africana). This 
very large-leaved South African shrub 
ranges to 20 feet and needs _half-shade, 
wind protection, plenty of moisture, and 
hard pruning in Spring. Bailey says of 
it: “One specimen, 40 years old, is 12 feet 
high and 16 feet through, and is literally 
covered with snowballs of 4 inch diameter, 
the blooms being so heavy that the ends 
of the branches touch the ground. No 
viburnum, hydrangea or other shrub can 
compare with it at its blooming season. 
This is one of the finest white-flowered 
shrubs or trees in cultivation.” 
STROPHANTHUS (S. dive rgens). 
Hong Kong shrub of the Periwinkle fam- 
ily, eventually will climb. Very conspicu- 
ous in both flower and fruit. Flowers, 
pale yellow streaked red. March to May, 
have 5 very narrow 3-inch petals, slightly 
twisted, usually hanging down, in great 
profusion. Double seed pods, like cow’s 
horns, often 9” wide. 
