Archive image from page 9 of Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees plants vines fruits, etc. . descriptivecatal1895samu Year: 1895 Sa/t\uel C. /Aoon's CAT AI PA. CATALPA bignonioides (Indian Bean). A spread- j ing tree of irregular form, with large, heart- shaped leaves, and pyramidal clusters, one foot long, of white and purplish flowers in mid-sum- mer; very showy. 6 to 12 feet, 50 cts. to $ C. b. aurea. A distinct new variety, with fine j yellowish foliage; novel and attractive. $1. C. b. purpurea. The young growth has a pur- plish or
Archive image from page 9 of Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees plants vines fruits, etc. . descriptivecatal1895samu Year: 1895 Sa/t\uel C. /Aoon's CAT AI PA. CATALPA bignonioides (Indian Bean). A spread- j ing tree of irregular form, with large, heart- shaped leaves, and pyramidal clusters, one foot long, of white and purplish flowers in mid-sum- mer; very showy. 6 to 12 feet, 50 cts. to $ C. b. aurea. A distinct new variety, with fine j yellowish foliage; novel and attractive. $1. C. b. purpurea. The young growth has a pur- plish or bronzy hue. $1. C, Bungfei (Dwarf Catalpa.) A small species that grows 8 to 10 feet high and twice as broad, form- ing a great bush, clothed with a dense mass of large heart-shaped leaves. Among our hardy shrubs there are but few, if any, that are more effective as foliage plants for park or lawn> . When grafted on a stalk of one of the tree spe- cies five or six feet high, it makes a handsome standard tree with a very dense and symmetrical globular head. 2 to 5 feet, 50 cts. to $1; grafted standards, 6 to 8 feet, $1 to 12. C. Ksempferi (Japan Catalpa). A tall variety that closely resembles C. bignonioides, but is sometimes confused with Bunyei. 75 cts. CELTIS occidentalis (Nettle Tree, Hackberry). A fine native tree that closely resembles the elm in general appearance. 75 cts. CERCIS Canadensis (Red Bud or American Judas), A tree of irregular rounded form, with pretty foliage, and very showy when in bloom; the bi'anches and twigs are covered with a dense mass of small pink flowers in the fifth month, before the leaves expand. 3 to 6 ft., 25 cts. to 75 cts. iptive Catalogue. CERCIS Japonica (Japan Judas.) A rare and mag- nificent shrub from Japan; a decided improve- ment on our native species; it is dwarf and bushy in habit of growth; the flowers are larger, of a more brilliant color, and produced in snch pro' fusion that the entire bush is covered with the bright rose-color
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