. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 384. Catalpa speciosa. Natural size.^ A. Fls. white, with two yellow stripes inside, and spotted purplish brown. bignonioldes, Walt. {G. syringifdlia, Sims). Tree, 20-50 ft.: Ivs. often whorled, cordate-ovate, abruptly acuminate, sometimes with 2 lateral lobes, pubescent beneath, 5-8 in. long, of unpleasant odo
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 384. Catalpa speciosa. Natural size.^ A. Fls. white, with two yellow stripes inside, and spotted purplish brown. bignonioldes, Walt. {G. syringifdlia, Sims). Tree, 20-50 ft.: Ivs. often whorled, cordate-ovate, abruptly acuminate, sometimes with 2 lateral lobes, pubescent beneath, 5-8 in. long, of unpleasant odor: panicles many-fld.; fls. about 2 in. in diam., thickly spotted in- side : pod 6-20 in. long, ii-]4 in. thick. June, July. S. states, north to Tennessee, often naturalized else- where. 1094. 13:1285. 6:288-89. Gng. 6:118-119. G. P. 3: 537, 539. J. H. III. 32:121. 21:298.—Usually low tree, with very wide- spreading branches. There are some garden forms. Var. aiirea, Hort. Lvs. yellow. Var. nina, Hort. (O. BAngei, Hort., not C. A. Mey.). Forms a dense, round bush, often grafted high. Gng. 3:195. Var. purptirea, Hort. Lvs. purple when young, green at length. specidsa. Warder. Pig. 383, 384. Tree, to 100 ft.: lvs. cordate-ovate, long-acuminate, pubescent beneath, 8-12 in. long: panicles usually few-fld.: fls. about 2%ia. in diam., inconspicuously spotted inside: pod j^-Jiin. thick. June. Prom southern Illinois and Indiana to Louisiana and Mississippi. 6:290-91. 1895:136.—A very desirable ornamental tree, closely al- lied to the former, but taller and 385. Catalpa ovata in fruit. htbrida, Spath. {C. bignonioldes X ovdta). Teas' Japan Hybkid. Large tree, intermediate between the parents: the lvs. resemble more those of C. ovata, and are purplish when unfolding, but much larger and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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