The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . dwest of the AUeghanies, onthose of the Cumberland,between the 35th and 36thdegrees of latitude. Farthersouth it is more common,and abounds near the bor-ders of all the rivers whichempty into the Mississippi,or which water West the Carolinas and inGeorgia the catalpa is calledCatawhaw Tree, from a tribeof Indians by that name whoinhabited that part of the country. The French of UpperLouisiana call it Bois Shavanon, from the Shavanon tribe ofIndians who
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . dwest of the AUeghanies, onthose of the Cumberland,between the 35th and 36thdegrees of latitude. Farthersouth it is more common,and abounds near the bor-ders of all the rivers whichempty into the Mississippi,or which water West the Carolinas and inGeorgia the catalpa is calledCatawhaw Tree, from a tribeof Indians by that name whoinhabited that part of the country. The French of UpperLouisiana call it Bois Shavanon, from the Shavanon tribe ofIndians who once existed in West Tennessee. In the regions where it grows most abundantly it frequentlyexceeds 50 feet in height, with a diameter from 18 to 24 is easily recognized by its bark, which is of a silver-gray color,and but slightly furrowed, by its ample leaves, and by its widespreading summit, disproportioned in size to the diameter of itstrunk. It differs from other trees also by the fewness of itsbranches. The leaves are heart-shaped, petiolated, often six orseven inches in width, glabrous above and downy beneath,. PLATE L A leaf. Fig. 2. A seed. DENDROLOGY. 127 particularly on the principal ribs ; they are late in venturing outin the spring, and are among the first to shrink at the approachof autumn. The flowers which are collected in large bunchesat the extremity of the branches, are white, with violet andyellow spots, and are beautiful and showy. The capsules arecylindrical and pendent, of a brown color when ripe, three orfour lines in diameter and twelve or fifteen inches in seeds are thin, flat and developed in a long, narrow,membraneous wing terminated by a hairy tuft. Each seed, withits wing, is about an inch long, and a line and a half broad. That the catalpa is a tree of rapid growth is proved by thedistance of the annual concentric circles. Its wood is of agrayish white color, of a fine texture, very light, and verybrilliant when polish
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