Word: japonicas
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...essence of proverbial Southern romance, imprisons it in luxuriant prose: "The deep South, like a conservatory, was sweet with flowers. The isolated burial grounds, approached by avenues of cedars, and shaded with willows and live oaks and linden, were planted with white flowers-Cape jasmines, bridal wreath, white japonica, sweet alyssum and white althea. In the strange white radiance of Alabama moonlight white flowers-Cherokee roses, the night-blooming cereus, moon flowers and honey-suckle-were sweeter than at any other time. . . . "Yet, against all that tenderness of beauty, in spite of an apparent transcendent peace, the intense heat bred...
According to the tree expert who did the transplanting, this particular tree goes by the name of "Saphora Japonica", and is one of the four specimens of this variety now growing in Massachusetts...
Harvard's Saphora Japonica was brought from Japan 45 years ago, and is said to be the largest and oldest specimen in the country...