200 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



BIGNONIA FAMILY 



THE CATALPAS. 



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 two 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 Kzempferi) is less commonly planted, but Mr. F. H. Hors- 

 ford of Charlotte, who has it in cultivation, finds it to be hardy. 



