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THE HARDY AMERICAN FOREST TREE. 



In 1898 the first edition of our booklet "The Catalpa Speciosa," was 

 printed, the 1,000 copies being soon exhausted. A second edition of 5,000 

 copies followed, and the demand increasing, a third and fourth edition were 



THE LAST OF THE MAMMOTH CATALPA SPECIOSA TREES. STOOD NEAR OLNEY ILLI- 

 NOIS, AND WAS CUT IN I'M). IT WAS 101'/, FEET HIGH, WITH A GIRTH OF 18 FEET 



