35° 



TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Catalpa bignonioides 

 (Syn C. syringae- 

 folia) 



Introduced from 



North America 



in 1726 



C. Bungei 



C. cordifolia (Syn 

 species) 



C. Fargesii 



Northern China 



United States. It 

 inhabits a more 

 western region 

 than C. big- 

 nonioides, and 

 is found in the 

 States of Ken- 

 tucky, Louisi- 

 ana, Tennes- 

 see, Missouri, 

 Texas, &c. 



China. Intro- 

 duced to France 

 by M. Maurice 

 de Valmorin, 

 and sent by 

 him to Kew in 

 1899 



July and 

 August 



White, 

 spotted 



with 



purple ; 



they, as well 



as the 



panicles, 



are larger 



than in 



Ksempfer's 



Catalpa 



White, 

 with yellow 

 blotches in 

 the throat ; 



but the 



purple 

 spots are 



not so 

 abundant in 

 C. bignoni- 

 oides, whilst 

 the panicles 

 are large, 

 and appear 



about a 

 fortnight 



before 



about 6 inches long and 4 

 inches to five inches wide. 

 The flower panicles are erect, 

 branching, and pyramidal, 

 frequently 1 foot in diameter 

 at the base. The flower is 

 I J inches across, with a broad 

 bell-shaped base, the reflexed 

 limb being elaborately frilled. 

 The thin, kidney-bean-like 

 fruits are 9 inches to 12 inches 

 long, but in most parts of the 

 country are only produced 

 after exceptionally sunny 

 seasons. The following vari- 

 eties are in cultivation : Aurea, 

 with rich yellow foliage ; 

 nana, a remarkable low 

 shrub, 2 feet to 3 feet high, 

 which never flowers, and can 

 only be regarded as a curi- 

 osity ; purpurea, with purple- 

 tinged leaves and shoots. 

 Whether the true C. Bungei is 

 in cultivation at the present 

 time is very doubtful. Cer- 

 tainly the plants supplied by 

 some nurserymen under this 

 name are only the dwarf 

 variety (nana) of C. bignoni- 

 oides. In any case the true 

 C. Bungei has not flowered 

 in Britain. It is a tree 30 feet 

 high, with either entire or 

 lobed leaves; they are 4 inches 

 to 8 inches long, and about 

 three-fourths as wide. 

 This is probably the finest 

 species of Catalpa, but is not 

 yet well known in Britain. In 

 the United States it is often 

 50 feet high, and in excep- 

 tional cases over 100 feet. 

 Owing to its having been 

 for a long time confounded 

 with C. bignonioides, this 

 species was probably intro- 

 duced unknowingly, and it 

 may exist in some gardens 

 under the other name. It 

 is said to be somewhat the 

 hardier of the two. 



Little known of this species yet 



