The Hardy Catalpa 



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Of the trees used for commercial 

 planting none have been planted more 

 extensively in the region of southern 

 Iowa and Nebraska and eastern Kansas 

 than the Hardy Catalpa. In its native 

 habitat along the lower Wabash and 

 Ohio Rivers this tree nearly a century 

 ago gained a reputation for rapid growth 



and durability. A few years' trial on 

 the plains sufficed to prove its good 

 qualities for that region. It was easily 

 propagated, grew rapidly on prairie soil, 

 had good form, was drought resistant, 

 had few insect or fungous enemies, and 

 above all was a lasting timber, adapted 

 to many uses. Such good qualities soon 



From Win. L. Hall, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



Wood of the Hardy Catalpa After Lying Ninety Years in Water 



Block from a tree which grew near New Madrid, Mo., and was felled by the earthquakeof 1S12. 

 It was taken out of the water a short time ago and worked into fence posts 



