1262 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
southern regions,” says. Michaux, “it frequently exceeds 50 ft. in height, 
with a diameter of from 18 in. to 24in. It is easily recognised by its bark, 
which is of silver grey, and but slightly furrowed; by its ample leaves, and 
by its wide-spreading head, disproportioned in size to the diameter of its 
trunk. It differs from other trees, also, in the fewness of its branches.” 
(N. Amer. Sylva, ii. p. 64.) The catalpa is a tree of rapid growth, and 
its timber is remarkably light, of very fine texture, and brilliant when po- 
lished : its colour is of a greyish white; and, when properly seasoned, it is 
very durable. Ifa portion of the bark of this tree be removed in spring, 
“a venomous and offensive odour is exhaled.” The bark is said to be 
tonic, stimulant, and more powerfully antiseptic than the Peruvian bark ; 
and the honey collected from its flowers to be poisonous, and analogous in 
its effects to that made from the flowers of Gelsémium nitidum. The 
catalpa is generally propagated by seeds, which are imported from America ; 
but it will grow readily by cuttings of the root; and, of course, plants 
so raised will flower much sooner than those which are raised from seed. 
The tree is of rapid growth till it attains the height of 20 ft., which, in deep 
free soil, in the neighbourhood of London, it does in 10 years. Seedling 
plants begin to flower, under favourable circumstances, in 12 or 15 years; 
and, in soils and situations where the wood is well ripened, they continue 
flowering every year, making a splendid appearance, not only from the large 
size and lively colour of the flowers, which are white, marked with purple 
and yellow spots, but from the fine pale green of its very large leaves, which 
are of a different shade of green from those of almost every other tree; the 
nearest approach to it being that of the leaves of Negundo fraxinifolium. 
In fine seasons, the flowers are succeeded by seed-pods, which somewhat 
resemble those of the common cabbage, but on a large scale; being fre- 
quently 2 ft. long, and curved upwards so as to resemble horns. 
Statistics. Catalpa syringefolia in the Environs of London. At Kenwood, 40 years planted, 40 ft. 
high ; diameter of trunk 1 ft. 5in., and that of the head 35 ft.; head irregular ; in sandy loam on 
clay. At Fulham Palace, 150 years planted, and 25 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the 
head 20ft. At Syon, the tree figured in our last Volume, 52 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 3 ft, 
and that of the space covered by the branches 50 ft. At Kensington Gravel Pits, in the grounds or 
S. C. Hall, Esq., 20 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 40 ft.; on gravelly soil; and 
flowering abundantly every year. At Muswell Hill, 31 ft. high, with a head 30 ft. in diameter. In 
the Mile End Nursery, 35 ft. high. 
Catalpa syringefolia South of London. In Devonshire, at Luscombe, 19 years planted, and 27 ft. 
high ; diameter of trunk 11 in., and that of the space covered by the branches 24 ft. ; estimated height, 
in 10 years, 15 ft.; in loam on gravel. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, 30 years planted, and 30 ft. high, 
diameter of trunk 2 ft. 3in., and that of the head 35 ft. ; at Eastwell Park, 50 ft. high. In Wiltshire, 
at Longleat, 65 years planted, and 35 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 5 in., and of the head 37 ft. ; 
at weneue Castle, 50 years planted, and 30 ft. high; at Longford Castle, 25 years planted, and 
30 ft. high. 
Catalpa syringzefolia North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Ampthill, 38 years planted, and 
30 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 40 ft. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 25 
years planted, and 30ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 35 years planted, and 97 ft. 
high. In Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 13 years planted, 14 ft. high. In Essex, at Hylands, 10 years 
Planted, 21 ft. high: at Witham, two trees, from 40 to 50 years planted; one with a trunk free from 
branches to the height of 174ft., and the other to the height of 193 ft. ; both have wide-spreading 
heads, and flower abundantly every year. In Gloucestershire, at Doddington, 20 years planted, 
and 20ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 10 years planted, 18 ft. high. {In Lancashire, at 
Latham House, 6) years planted, and 33ft. high. In Oxfordshire, at Blenheim, several fine old 
trees, upwards of 30 ft. high, with heads from 30 ft. to 50 ft. in diameter. In Pembrokeshire, at 
Stackpole Court, 6 years planted, and 6ft. high. In Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, J1 years 
planted, and 13 ft. high. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 20 years planted, and 10 ft. high. 
In Worcestershire, at Croome, 40 years old, 60 ft. high; at Hagley, 8 years planted, 8 feet high. In 
Yorkshire, in the Hull Botanic Garden, 8 years old, and 6 ft. high. ' 
C. syringzfolia in Scotland. At Gosford House, 12 years planted, and 15 ft. high. In the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden, almost herbaceous, even under the shelter of a wall; a proof of the coldness and 
moisture of the autumnal months in that part of Scotland, so very different from the climate of the 
east coast. 
C. syringzfolia in Ireland. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 30 years old, and 16 ft. high, 
diameter of the trunk 12in., and of the top 15ft.; at Cypress Grove, 16 ft. high, diameter of trunk 
a ilies and of the top 12 ft.; at Terenure, 8 years planted, and7 ft. high. In Galway, at Cool, 25 ft. 
igh. 
Cathlpa ingefolia in France. Yn the Jardin des Plantes, 60 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 20 in., and that of the head 40 ft.; at Scéaux, 30 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, 
the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30ft. ; in the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 36 years 
planted, it is 36 ft. high, with a trunk 13 ft. in diameter ; at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerriéres, 
30 years planted, it is 29 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft.; in the Botanic Garden at 
Avranches, 29 years planted, it is 89 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in., and of the head 
20 ft. r ‘ 
Catalpa syringefdlia in Germany. In Hanover, at Schwobber, it is 30 ft. high ; in the Gottingen 
