"Fire-tree" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mango are two others which are a joy to all true lovers of trees. The fire-tree is deciduous, and loses its leaves in December, In April or May, before the leaves come back, it bursts into bloom in great bunches of scarlet about the size of the flower mass of the catalpa tree. The bark is white, and as the tree attains the size of a large maple, the ...
— A Woman's Impression of the Philippines • Mary Helen Fee |
