. 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. stricta, Dryand. Becoming 20-30 ft. high : branches erect, simple, 6-7-angled, scarcely green, internodes short, as in the latter : sheath-teeth usually 7, ovate- lanceolate and appressed; staminate cone slender; pis- tillate cone nearly sessile, oblong (sometimes staminate above), about 14-sided. Austral. toru
. 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. stricta, Dryand. Becoming 20-30 ft. high : branches erect, simple, 6-7-angled, scarcely green, internodes short, as in the latter : sheath-teeth usually 7, ovate- lanceolate and appressed; staminate cone slender; pis- tillate cone nearly sessile, oblong (sometimes staminate above), about 14-sided. Austral. toruldsa, Dryand. (C. tenuissima, Sieber). Reaches 70 or 80 ft.: branches erect, capillary, mostly terete, in- ternodes short : sheath-teeth 4, very short, triangular appressed : staminate cones filiform ; pistillate cones ellipsoidal, 8-10-sided. Austral. l. h. B. CATALPA (the Indian name of C. bignonioides). Bigiwniticeie. Deciduous trees with opposite or whorled, long-petioled, large and simple Ivs.; fls. in large, showy panicles; corolla tubular-campanulate, 2-lipped, with 2 smaller upper and 3 larger lower lobes; calyx 2-lipped: fertile stamens 2 : fr. a very long, cylindrical capsule, separating into 2 valves, with numerous small, oblong, compressed seeds licarini; ;i tuft of white hairs on each end. Eight in N. Aiiiit., W. India and E. Asia, of which 4 are Inirdy in tl >lcler temperate regions. Highly oraameiit:il tni-s «iili large, bright green fo- liage and beautiful white ur yellowish fls. in lar?e, showy panicles. The coarse-grained and soft wood is very durable in the soil, and, therefore, much valucil for fence-posts and railway ties. They grow in aliiiost any somewhat moist soil, and are hardy as far north :is New England. Prop, by seeds sown in spring, in the north, best with slight bottom heat, or by cuttings from ripe wood, the varieties often by softwood cuttings in. Natural A. Fls. white, with two yellow stripes inside, and spotted purplish br
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