Si Bulletin 73 



BIGNONIA FAMILY 



THK CATALPAS 



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Catalpa or indian-bean trees are occasionally planted in Vermont, 

 although they are not always hardy. The peculiarities of fruit and foliage 

 give them a somewhat tropical appearance. The leaves are heart-shape and 

 very large, six to twelve inches long ; the flowers are one or tw'o inches 

 across and the cylindrical pods nearly a foot in length. The species most 

 commonly planted is the hardy American catalpa {C. speciosa). The Jap- 

 anese catalpa (C Kiempferi) is less commonly planted, but Mr. F. H. Hors- 

 ford of Charlotte, w'ho has it in cultivation, finds it to be hardy. 



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