Generic and specific names are given. Nicholson says that it is a native of 'St. Domingo (1656).' I saw it growing, trained on the wall of a building near Santa Barbara, California, during the winter of 1888-89, and should think it would grow anywhere out of doors in southern California. The seeds are like others of the family, but larger, and if planted while fresh germinate readily".

From S. W. Horsey; Charleston, S. C: "I have no trouble in raising the young trees. I have now about 100, started this season. To insure success, the seeds should be thoroughly soaked, planted in wet earth and kept damp until the young plants are two feet high. It is altogether a mistake that it will not grow in South Carolina outside of Charleston, Beaufort, and Waterboro. During the flowering season of this charming shrub, from $5 to $8 per day can be made filling northern orders. The plant will stand a fair amount of cold, but frost is emphatically fatal to the stamens".

From Mrs. Heldenfels, Beeville, Texas.: "Unless I am very much mistaken, the Acacia Farnesiana, or opopanax, grows here. It is usually in the form of a shrub, but by trimming to one stem, it can be trained into beautiful small trees, say 15-20 feet high. In the last mild winter the foliage was not shed. The young growth is killed back some distance by heavy frosts. This plant grows in great profusion here. Further west it is used for shade trees, and nobody notices it because of its commonness".