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[Illustration: _CATALPA OR INDIAN BEAN TREE (Catalpa bignonioides)._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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*Ceanothus |Eastern United |Whitish; |A deciduous shrub, 3 to 4
americanus (New |States; |July and |feet high, that dies
Jersey Tea) |Rhamneae |August |partially back during the
| | |winter. The flowers, which
| | |are borne in good-sized
| | |racemes, are at their best
| | |in July and August, and on
| | |that account are very
| | |valuable. It is one of the
| | |hardiest of the
| | |Ceanothuses, and in the
| | |South of England it will
| | |flower as a shrub in the
| | |open ground.
| | |
*C. azureus |Mexico |Light |This is not quite so hardy
| |blue; July|as the preceding, and it
| |and August|cannot be regarded as a
| | |shrub for the open ground,
| | |except in particularly
| | |favoured districts. It is,
| | |however, a delightful wall
| | |shrub. There are many
| | |garden varieties of this,
| | |mostly of Continental
| | |origin, of which may be
| | |especially mentioned G