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and stiff, with bark of a light buff gray color. Much that has been written 
on this subject contains many points that are analogous or theoretical; what 
we are seeking are facts, simply plain facts. 
Hundreds of catalpa trees have been planted out in the last few years 
in the vicinity of Minneapolis, by the park board, the cemetery associations 
and by individuals in private grounds, and, so far as I have observed, not a 
single tree has been winter-killed at any time, not excepting the last win- 
ter, which was the coldest in forty years. 
CATALPA GROWING AT RESIDENCE OF J T. GRIMES, MINNEAPOLIS. 
If the catalpa is so tender in Ohio and other places south, by what 
means has it become acclimated here? That there are different species, more 
or less hardy, I am willing to concede, but it seems that our botanical guides 
are unable to distinguish them, so as to show any apparent difference in 
