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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 
this tree can be grown, our advice is to plant it. It groups well 
with the Austrian or Scotch pines. 
Cat alp a — Syringafolia. — A native of our Southern States, 
the catalpa or shavanon is one of our most showy as well as 
rapid growing trees. Unfortunately it is not quite hardy in 
our Northern sections, and can not safely be introduced and 
planted except in positions where it can have some protection 
from our bright suns of winter. It is a tree that is suitable for 
Fig. 3.— Butternut. 
grouping with the Austrian, Scotch ,or yellow pines ; but when 
grown singly, its masses of white and purple flowers render it a 
tree of beauty unequaled only by the Paulownia. As a street 
or park tree, wherever it will endure the winters, it is one of the 
best. A light dry soil is best suited to its growth. 
Chestnut — Castanea. — The perfect hardihood, rapid growth, 
erect yet spreading head, clean glossy foliage, entirely exempt 
from insects, and the richness of its fruit render our common 
