410 DECIDUOUS TREES. 



Some dwarf varieties of the catalpa have been found in Asia, 

 which bid fair to be charming acquisitions to our stock of small 

 trees or shrubs. The following are now growing in this country : 



F^G. 129. 



The Indian Catalpa. C. himalayensis (C. umhraculifera ?). — 

 Fig. 129 represents a specimen of this species also growing in the 

 grounds of Mr. Alfred Cope, Germantown, Pa. It is seven or 

 eight feet high, and about ten feet broad. The crown is like a 

 roof of leaves, laid with the precision of pointed slate , and the 

 play of light on its golden-green head is beautiful. The leaves are 

 about the size of those of the common catalpa. Though formal in 

 its outline, it is at the same time of so unusual a form and style, 

 that its novelty, or oddity, allies it to trees of picturesque expres- 

 sion. Judging by this specimen, we would suppose that this vari- 

 ety will never be much more than a great shrub, perhaps from ten 

 to twenty feet high. It seems to be hardy in the neighborhood of 

 Philadelphia, and, with thorough protection, will probably succeed 

 as far north as the southern shores of the great lakes. It is well 

 adapted, wherever it proves hardy, to form natural arbors or gate- 

 way arches. 



The Catalpa Kempferi is similar to the above, except that it 

 has smaller leaves and growth in all respects, and the foliage a 

 little darker. The flowers resemble those of our native catalpa. 

 Mr. Meehan considers it one of the best of trees for the same pur- 

 poses suggested in the closing paragraph of the preceding descrip 

 tion. Quite hardy near Philadelphia. 



