. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Chinese Buddleia. Fig. 499. â Madagascar Buddleia. Soft ' Elder ' â Tecoma mollis â is less hardy and decidedly more hairy and the flowers are not fragrant. [Seeds.] Catdlpa. The Catalpas are usually trees, but one variety is of low growth and could be used as a shrub ; it is, however, usually grafted on the stem of another species to produce a weeping or a round-headed tree. This is the extensively cultivated Chinese, Dwakf, or Rohnd-headed Catalpa (492) ââ Catalpa Biingei. In reality it is a dwarf variety of our commonest
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Chinese Buddleia. Fig. 499. â Madagascar Buddleia. Soft ' Elder ' â Tecoma mollis â is less hardy and decidedly more hairy and the flowers are not fragrant. [Seeds.] Catdlpa. The Catalpas are usually trees, but one variety is of low growth and could be used as a shrub ; it is, however, usually grafted on the stem of another species to produce a weeping or a round-headed tree. This is the extensively cultivated Chinese, Dwakf, or Rohnd-headed Catalpa (492) ââ Catalpa Biingei. In reality it is a dwarf variety of our commonest American species of Indian Bean â Catalpa bignonioides. All the Catalpas have opposite (or whorled in 3's) heart-shaped leaves, large beautiful nearly white clustered flowers, and long capsules filled vrith vringed seeds which hang on through the winter. [Seeds.] ChiWpsis linearis. The so-called Desert ' Willow^ ' (493), from Texas, is a beautiful continuously blooming straggling shrub or small tree with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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