| | |the forests of North
| | |America, where they are
| | |drawn up by other trees,
| | |the Catalpas occasionally
| | |attain to heights of 50
| | |feet to 100 feet. In
| | |gardens it may sometimes be
| | |advisable to help them to
| | |reach a moderate height, by
| | |keeping them to a single
| | |lead when young. All the
| | |species can be increased by
| | |cuttings of the roots, or
| | |of the fairly matured leafy
| | |growths.
| | |
*C. bignonioides |Introduced from |Creamy |This species is by far the
(Syn. C. |North America in|white |commonest and best known of
syringaefolia) |1726 |blotched |the Catalpas in Britain. It
| |with |does not often attain a
| |yellow, |stature of more than 30
| |and |feet, although in its
| |spotted |native woods it is met with
| |with |twice as high. The broadly
| |purple in |ovate leaves are in healthy
| |the |trees of mature age about 6
| |throat; |inches long and 4 inches to
| |July and |five inches wide. The
| |August |flower panicles are erect,
| | |branching, and pyramidal,
| | |frequently 1 foot in
| | |diameter at the base. The
| | |flower is 1-1/2 inches
| | |across, with a broad