to 8
| | |inches long, and about
| | |three-fourths as wide.
| | |
C. cordifolia (Syn.|United States. |White, |This is probably the finest
species) |It inhabits a |with |species of Catalpa, but is
|more western |yellow |not yet well known in
|region than C. |blotches |Britain. In the United
|bignonioides, |in the |States it is often 50 feet
|and is found in |throat; |high, and in exceptional
|the States of |but the |cases over 100 feet. Owing
|Kentucky, |purple |to its having been for a
|Louisiana, |spots are |long time confounded with
|Tennessee, |not so |C. bignonioides, this
|Missouri, Texas,|abundant |species was probably
|&c. |in C. |introduced unknowingly, and
| |bignon- |it may exist in some
| |ioides, |gardens under the other
| |whilst the|name. It is said to be
| |panicles |somewhat the hardier of the
| |are large,|two.
| |and appear|
| |about a |
| |fortnight |
| |before. |
| | |
C. Fargesii |China. |...... |Little known of this
|Introduced to | |species yet.
|France by M. | |
|Maurice de | |
|Vilmorin, and | |
|sent by him to | |
|Kew in 1899 | |
| | |
C. hybrida |A hybrid between|White, |In the United States this
|C. cordifolia |with |appears likely to prove the
|and C. |yellow and|finest of all the Catalpas,
|Kaempferi. |purple |exceeding even C.
|Raised nearly |markings |cordifolia in the vigour of