FLOWERING DOGWOOD, ETC. 



185 



inch in length. The oval fruit is haK an inch long, 



and purple covered with a bloom. The fringe tree 



grows from 8 to 30 feet 



high, and is commonly 



cultivated ; it is found 



wild along the river 



banks of N^ew Jersey, 



south Pennsylvania, and 



the Southern States. 



Catalpa. ^he ca- 



Indian Bean. talpa, or In- 



Catalpa Mgnonoides. dian bean 

 Catalpa Catalpa. • 



has a large, 

 light green, heart - shaped 

 leaf, smooth above and downy 

 below, especially on the ribs ; the stems are also 

 woolly. The tree grows from 20 to 40 feet high, 

 and has wide-spreading, coarse, stifE branches, with 

 bark of a light buff-gray color. The trunk has 

 dull, silver-gray bark slightly seamed up and down. 

 The delicate, sweet-scented flowers are white, plen- 

 tifully spotted with yellow and purple ; they appear 

 in thick clusters in early summer.* 



The catalpa is common from New York city 

 southward, and is cultivated as far north as Albany 



Fringe Tree. 



* It is said that honey collected from these flowers has poison- 

 ous properties. 



