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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



this tree can be grown, our advice is to plant it. It groups well 

 with the Austrian or Scotch pines. 



Catalpa Byringafolia. A native of our Southern States, 

 the catalpa or shavanon is one of our most showy as well as 

 rapid growing trees. Unfortunately it is not quite hardy in 

 our Northern sections, and can not safely be introduced and 

 planted except in positions where it can have some protection 

 from our bright suns of winter. It is a tree that is suitable for 



Fig. 3. Butternut. 



grouping with the Austrian, Scotch ,or yellow pines ; but when 

 grown singly, its masses of white and purple flowers render it a 

 tree of beauty unequaled only by the Paulownia. As a street 

 or park tree, wherever it will endure the winters, it is one of the 

 best. A light dry soil is best suited to its growth. 



Chestnut Castanea. The perfect hardihood, rapid growth, 

 erect yet spreading head, clean glossy foliage, entirely exempt 

 from insects, and the richness of its fruit render our common 



