. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. 44 ELL IVAA'GER &* BARRY'S CATALPA. Trompetenbaum, Ger. Catalpa, Fr. The Catalpas flower in July, when few trees are in bloom, quite fragrant. Leaves large, heart-shaped, and yellowish green, trees. Their blossoms are large, very showy, and They are all effective, tropical-looking lawn C. 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- grafted tree
. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. 44 ELL IVAA'GER &* BARRY'S CATALPA. Trompetenbaum, Ger. Catalpa, Fr. The Catalpas flower in July, when few trees are in bloom, quite fragrant. Leaves large, heart-shaped, and yellowish green, trees. Their blossoms are large, very showy, and They are all effective, tropical-looking lawn C. 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- grafted trees, $ C. 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 Catalpa. B. Foliage large, dark purple; holds its color well'. 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. C. 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 syringafolia; panicle also is smaller and more loose; seed pods long and very narrow; two weeks later than syringcefolia. 50c. C. hybrida Japonica. Teas'Japan Hybrid Catalpa. C. Of spreading habit; flowers white, with purple dots
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