. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs. CATAIPA. CATALPA bignonioides (Indian Bean). A spread- 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. h. aurea, A distinct new variety, with fine yellowish foliage; novel and attractive. §1. C. b. purpurea. The young growth h
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs. CATAIPA. CATALPA bignonioides (Indian Bean). A spread- 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. h. aurea, A distinct new variety, with fine yellowish foliage; novel and attractive. §1. C. b. purpurea. The young growth has a pur- plish or bronzy hue. 81. C. Bungei (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 shi'ubs 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, SI to $2. C. Ksempferi (Japan Catalpa). A tall variety that closely resembles C. higmmwides, but is sometimes confused with Bungei. 75 cts. CELTIS occidentalis (Nettle Tree, Hackberryj. A fine native tree that closely resembles the elm in general appearance. 75 cts. CEBiCIS Canadensis (Red Bnd or American Judas), { A tree of irregular rounded form, with pretty ' foliage, and very shov^y when in bloom; the branches and twigs are covered with a dense mass of small pink flowers in the fifth month, | before the leaves expand. 3 to Oft., 25 cts. to 75 cts. ' CERCIS Japonica (Japan Jndas.) 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
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