SHADE TREES 
BEAUTIFUL HARPULLIA 
(Harpullia arborea) 
TULIPWOOD  (Harpullia pendula). 
This fine weeping, ornamental 40 foot 
Australian shade tree has inconspicuous 
flowers followed by showy red or yellow 
seed-pods. 
EVERGREEN CHINABERRY (Melia 
sempervirens). This tall shade tree rela- 
tive of the common Chinaberry, keeps its 
foliage pretty well all winter in Florida. 
It has the same small purple flowers. 
GLEDITSIA (G. amorphoides). This 
thorny Argentine forest tree allied to 
Caesalpinia, bears fruits rich in saponin. 
MU OIL (Aleurites montana). This 
30-foot semi-evergreen Chinese shade 
tree bears copious clusters of small white 
flowers in March, and is almost as showy 
in bloom as its rich relative, the tung-oil. 
*PANAMA CORAL (Erythrina glau- 
ca). This orange-flowered shade tree is 
a conspicuous feature of the spring land- 
scape in the Canal Zone. It is illustrated 
in color in Pertchik “Flowering Trees of 
the Caribbean”. 
PHILIPPINE ALBIZZIA (A. procera). 
A tall handsome tropical tree often 60 to 
80 feet high, with yellowish or greenish 
white bark, large compound lentes and 
terminal panicles of yellowish white flow- 
ers. 
CALCUTTA ALBIZZIA (A. richardi- 
ana). Benthall says: “One of the most 
eautiful trees to be found in Calcutta”, 
because of its graceful manner of growth 
and feathery light shade. Flowers insig- 
nificant. This very large tree is fast grow- 
ing. 
a USTRALIAN ALBIZZIA (A. lophan- 
tha). This is a small, spreading, ferny- 
leaved tree with an abundance of 2-inch 
yellow brush flowers, not showy. Murphy 
says: “Worthy of pulture: 
BANGALORE ALBIZZIA (A. odora- 
tissima). This low spreading Indian shade 
tree bears small, greenish-white fragrant 
powder-puff flowers, not showy. 
MORETON BAY CHESTNUT 
Castancspermum—Rcd & ycilow 
*APPLE GUM (Eucalyptus clavigera). 
This Northern Australian 80-foot tree 
bears terminal bunches of showy, fragrant 
white flowers. 
BLOODWOOD = (Eucalyptus —termi- 
nalis). Medium-sized Australian tree with 
smooth gray bark and inconspicuous flow- 
ers. The timber is bright red. 
PADAUK (Pterocarpus indicus). One 
cf the world’s finest evergreen shade trees, 
this giant has great long branches that 
sweep the ground. Its many small yellow 
flowers are of fleeting beauty. 
“PERU EUGENIA (E. dombeyana). 
Med, um sized evergreen tree with small 
cherrv-like fruits very tasty when ripe. 
