The Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) is another very well-known tree which grows as far south as New River in Broward County. It prefers moist, rich soil. When covered with its red flowers or showing its autumn leaves it is a pretty object.

Sapindus Saponaria, Soapberry

A native of the extreme southern part of the state, having winged pinnate leaves and small, yellow, globular fruit. It will probably do well on almost any kind of soil.

Gordonia Lasianthus, Loblolly Bay

This handsome small tree receives this name, no doubt, because it grows in swamps. It reaches south to near the lower end of the mainland of the state. It has thick, glossy, elongated leaves and handsome, large, white flowers produced in summer. Will probably grow on good soil almost anywhere in the state but, so far, it has failed with me, perhaps on account of the lime in the soil.

The Wild Cinnamon (Canella Winteriana)

The Wild Cinnamon (Canella Winteriana) is found on the lower keys and extreme southern mainland. It is a handsome small tree with thick, glossy, elongated-leaves. All parts of it are acrid and have a slight flavor of cinnamon.

Eugenia Confusa, Red Stopper

This tree was formerly called E. garberi after a dear botanist who did excellent work on the flora of Florida, but the name has been changed for some reason. It is a beautiful tree with thick, glossy, long-pointed leaves and small white flowers. It is a hammock tree, found in the United States only along the shores of Biscayne Bay; it should be grown in good soil from seed as it does not transplant well from the woods.

Cornus Florida

Cornus Florida, the well-known Flowering Dogwood, is found in the northern half of the state. It is a beautiful ornament of the woods in spring and would probably do well throughout most of the state if planted in good soil and somewhat shaded.

The Marlberry (Icacorea Paniculate)

The Marlberry (Icacorea Paniculate) is a rather attractive large shrub or small tree growing in hammocks in the south half of Florida. It has thick, glossy leaves and in autumn dainty bell-shaped flowers in clusters that are so richly and spicily fragrant that they can be smelled for long distances. The wood is very hard, and the tree must be grown from seed.

Jacquinia Keyensis

Jacquinia Keyensis is another small tree or large shrub with exquisitely fragrant flowers which open in winter. It grows along the littoral from Sanibel Island around the south coast.

Chrysophyttum Olivaeforme

Chrysophyttum Olivaeforme is one of the loveliest of our native trees. It has elliptical leaves of a deep, metallic green above with a golden, coppery pubescence beneath. This tree would probably do well in fairly rich soil but, I think, should be shaded, at least when young.

Mimusops Sieberi, Wild Dilly

Mimusops Sieberi, Wild Dilly, is a handsome tree closely related to the sapodilla. It is found only on the extreme lower part of the state in our region and is therefore tropical. Its fruit is an inch in diameter and the pulp is probably about the stickiest thing in nature. It will most likely do well in rich soil.

The Fringe Tree (Chionanthus Virginica)

The Fringe Tree (Chionanthus Virginica) grows through north Florida as far south as Tampa. It is a large shrub or small tree, is grown for its drooping, graceful panicles of fragrant, whitish flowers, and probably would do best in rich, moist soil.

Cordia Sebestina

Cordia Sebestina is commonly called Geiger Tree. It is rather a straggling grower with large, cordate leaves and clusters of brilliant orange red flowers, perhaps the handsomest of any tree native to Florida. It may easily be grown from cuttings of partly hardened wood, but it will stand only a little frost.

Crescentia Cucurbitana, Black Calabashv

Crescentia Cucurbitana, Black Calabashv, grows wild in the United States only along the shores of Biscayne Bay. It is a handsome small tree with large, glossy leaves, irregular purplish flowers, followed by oval fruits three inches in diameter. Will grow in any soil not too poor.

In extreme southern Florida a small tree called Prince Wood (Exostema caribaeum) with opposite, lanceolate leaves and long tubular white flowers that look a little like those of a Fuchsia is sparingly found. It is a very attractive small tree and should be generally cultivated.

Genipa Clusiifolia, Seven Years Apple

A small tree with thick, obovate leaves, pretty white flowers and oval fruits three inches long. It is said that it takes this fruit seven years to ripen and it no doubt does for I have never yet seen one ripe or fit to eat.

Sambucus Intermedia, Elderberry

This species, which grows in lower Florida, is a more profuse, showy bloomer than the northern one. It reaches the dimensions of a small tree and grows in moist places but will flourish on dry ground.

Paritium Elatum, Cuban Bast

I am not positive that this tree grows wild in Florida though I have evidence which goes to show that it does, and that it has been found along the shores of Biscayne Bay. It is a spreading tree with large, cordate, nearly orbicular and pointed leaves and good sized flowers which are a peculiar buff color at first and turn to brownish red at a later stage. I have a tree fifty feet high in my grounds which is always in flower. The variety abutiloides is abundant at Baker's Haulover at the head of Biscayne Bay and has lighter green leaves and larger flowers. Although it is found there in a brackish swamp it does finely on high pine land.

Paritium Tiliaceum

This is a native of the Old World Tropics and is widely distributed along the sea throughout the warmer parts of the world. It has been found along the shores of Biscayne Bay and it does well in cultivation in ground that is not too poor. Its leaves are smoother than those of either of the others and they are darker green. The blossoms are large and handsome, yellow at first and turning darker later.

Thespesia Populnea

Thespesia Populnea grows on the lower keys and coast of the state and has shining, cordate leaves and salmon or pinkish, bell-shaped flowers which are quite attractive. If grown on pine land it should be well fertilized.

There are several ornamental trees which extend their range into the extreme western or northern part of the state which I have not listed as they belong to the northern flora and probably would not do well much farther south. Nearly all that I have mentioned grow in hammocks or rich lowland, consequently if they are planted in high pine land the soil should be enriched and it would be a good idea to mulch them. In a general way it is not to be expected that trees which grow wild in Florida will succeed much farther north than the limits I have indicated, though sometimes they may.

Many of our native trees and shrubs are very attractive and striking and would be useful in cultivation, and some of them are on the verge of extermination within our limits. A few of the softer-wooded species can be propagated from cuttings. Some of the hard-wooded forms do not transplant well from the forest and it is best to propagate them from seed.