iflowermo Irees. 215 



THE STOUAX FAMILY. 



Silver Bell or Snowdrop Tree, Halesia tetraptera. — This 

 is a broad and bushy tree with black, twisted stems and 

 1 tranches and cherry - like foliage. 

 The beautiful, bellshaped, pure white 

 flowers appear in spring as the leaves 

 unfold. It is then one of our most 



FIG. 106.— BRANCH OF SILVER 



showy trees, growing along streams, bell tree ihalesia 



' - . . TETRAPTERA). 



on high rocky banks, leaning over 



the water in a picturesque manner. Fine for shrubberies 



and on the outskirts of large masses of trees, or for small 

 -roups on the lawn. 



THE BIGXOXIA FAMILY. 



Catalpa or Indian Bean, Catalpa. — The catalpas are 

 showy, late flowering trees and very valuable on this 

 account. Growth very rapid and strong, forming trees with 

 nicelv rounded crowns in a few years. The common catalpa 

 (('. bignonioides) has erect, thyreoid panicles twelve inches, 

 or more long, with white flowers, spotted with yellow and 

 purple, and large, heart-shaped leaves on long stalks. The 

 Japanese catalpa (C. Koempferii) has much smaller, creamy- 

 white flowers and -lossy, green, heart-shaped leaves. They 

 l >< >th flower in July. The variety known as Tea's hybrid 

 flowers very freely. It is of a more spreading habit. The 

 catalpas will grow well in any moderately good soil. 



THE FIGWOKT FAMILY. 



Paulownia, Paulovmia imperialis. — This very ornamen- 

 tal tree resembles the catalpas in form and habit. The 



