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in honor of the ill-fated Anna Paulowna, daughter of the Em- 
peror of Russia and hereditary princess of the Netherlands. 
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cultivated, a ” or “Hak-too” in China, where it grows 
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hero Taikasma designed his coat of arms from its flowers and 
leaves. 
The occidental history of Paulownia tomentosa dates onl 
from1835, when it was grown from seed i ardin des Plantes 
n Paris. It was first cultivated in a greenhouse, but was later 
found to do better o The first tree grown fruited in its 
eighth year and later aeained a diameter of over three feet, 
measured a yard from the groun 
In 1843, Paxton figured the tree in his Magazine and made the 
following statement regarding it: ‘‘A considerable quantity of 
induced to publish a drawing of it, which was made for us last 
year in the Garden of Plants at Paris, even though the species 
has not yet flowered in our own countr . It is one of the 
finest of Dr. Siebold’s many ereduccons ie Japan, where it 
grows to the pa of Vanly to forty feet, with a ee from two 
to three feet in diameter. 
In Curtis’ pao ee ine for ae a plate appears with 
the following comment: ‘‘We have at length the satisfaction of 
giving a figure of this noble plant, the fe publishes from Hee 
produced in the open air in England.” 
southern England; in London, the oe buds are often killed. 
The ea was probably introduced into America between 
a0 and 1845 in the form of seeds, which were grown in some o: 
he prominent nurseries. This umes oe was doubtless 
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and scatter seed in various: Baits of the country. It oil a. 
interesting to locate any of these original trees, and oe 
an at may still exist in the vicinity of New York City 
