. 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. 383. Catalpa speciosa in fruit. striota, 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
. 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. 383. Catalpa speciosa in fruit. striota, 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. tomldsa, Dryand. (G. tenuis si ma, 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. ^ H. B. CATALPA (the Indian name of G. Ugnonioides). Bignoni&cece. 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 bearing a tuft of white hairs on each end. Bight species in N. Amer., W. India and E. Asia, of which 4 are hardy in the colder temperate regions. Highly ornamental trees with large, bright green fo- liage and beautiful white or yellowish fls. in large, showy panicles. The coarse-grained and soft wood is very durable in the soil, and, therefore, much valued for fence-posts and railway ties. They grow in almost any somewhat moist soil, and are hardy as far north as 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. 384. Catalpa speciosa. Natural size.^ A. Fls. white, with two yello
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