Ellwanger & Barry Mount Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries ellwangerbarrymo1899moun Year: 1899 44 ELLWAXGER &^ BARRY'S CATALPA. Trompetenbaum, Ger. Catalpa, J^r. The Catalpas flower in July, when few trees are in bloom. Their blossoms are large, very showy, and quite fragrant. Leaves large, heart-shaped, and yellowish green. They are all effective, tropical-looking lawn trees. Bungei. Chinese Catalpa. D. A species from China, of dwarf habit, growing only from three to five feet high. Foliage large and glossy; a shy bloomer. Top-grafted on tall stems it makes an effective umbrella- shap
Ellwanger & Barry Mount Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries ellwangerbarrymo1899moun Year: 1899 44 ELLWAXGER &^ BARRY'S CATALPA. Trompetenbaum, Ger. Catalpa, J^r. The Catalpas flower in July, when few trees are in bloom. Their blossoms are large, very showy, and quite fragrant. Leaves large, heart-shaped, and yellowish green. They are all effective, tropical-looking lawn trees. Bungei. Chinese Catalpa. D. A species from China, of dwarf habit, growing only from three to five feet high. Foliage large and glossy; a shy bloomer. Top-grafted on tall stems it makes an effective umbrella- shaped tree. Dwarf trees, Top- graf<:ed trees, $ bignonioides, syn. C. syringaefolia. Common Catalpa. B. Native of the Southern States. A showy, rapid growing, spreading, irregular tree, with very large, heart-shaped leaves, and pyramidal clusters, a foot long, of white and purple fragrant flowers. Blooms latter part of June, when few trees are in blossom, and, therefore, very desirable. 50c. var. aurea variegata. Golden Catalpa. B. A medium-sized tree of rapid growth, having large heart-shaped leaves, which are of a beautiful golden color in spring and early summer, but later in the season become green. ^ var. purpurea. Purple-leaved Catalfa B. Foliage large, dark purple; holds its color we]]. var. speciosa. 'Western Catalpa. A. A variety which is said to have originated in the West. It is finer and hardier than the com- mon, hence better adapted to forest and ornamental planting. Its blossoms open two or three weeks later than those of the big- nonioides. 50c. Kaempferi. Japan Catalpa. B. Introduced from Japan by Siebold. A species of rapid growth, with deep green, glossy foliage. Flowers fragrant, cream-colored, speckled with purple and yellow; not so large as those of syritigccfolia ; panicle also is smaller and two weeks later than syringtcfolia. 50c. C. Of spreading habit; flowers white, with purple 50c. C. CATALPA (Reduced. more loose; seed pods
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