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THE HARDY AMERICAN FOREST TREE. 
In 1808 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 1900. IT WAS 101% FEET HIGH, WITH A GIRTH OF 18 FEET 
