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down to the ground in winter, but they will usually spring up 

 again, and by persistence will at last become hardy enough 

 to grow into fair-sized trees. It is nearly as durable in the 

 soil as the other species, and can be used for the same pur- 

 poses. As an ornamental tree in an acceptable climate it is 

 surpassed by few. It is a wonderful bloomer, being cov- 

 ered annually late in June with a perfect sheet of flowers, 

 nearly white, but tinged with purple, in great clusters and 

 so numerous that they fairly cover the ground when they 

 fall. The seeds are in pods the same as with the speciosa, 

 and gathering and caring for them as well as cultivation 

 and planting in the forest should be the same as for the 

 speciosa. It will grow fairly well from cuttings. 



