Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-07
CONSIDER THE cATALpA.

Among shade trees recommended for
planting the hardy catalpa IS not
famed by our city board of park com
nissioners. Yet 1t would be as well
% consider tho catalpa. one kind Of
'atalpa probably this one we have
ieen 1t growing here, especially in this
hty and in Provo, and It's semi tropical
appearance and gorgeous flower clust-
rs--great white "snapdragons" dotted
With yellow and brown, make it IL ire,
" unusual interest on account of its
midsummer beauty In all Of our
warmer valleys It might succeed as
well as it does in Indiana.
For many years in that state, Mr..
John p. Brown has been busy with
'oice and pen urging the planting OF
his species. He gives it preference
'yer every other tree. In n recent issue
g his magazine Arborculture, he
Hves forty reasons for this preference
Among other things, he says that the
atalpa is the only valuable tree which
viii mature by the time that the pres
mt American forests will have disap-
oeared--1925.
The catalpa. he says, grows In al
most any soil; demands no profession
j manipulation; is the most durable
vood known: and is valuable for rail
Dad cross-ties; ties have endured half
century Nothing better for tele-
Taph and telephone poles. can be
ound. and miles Of living trees ara
low used for telegraph lines.
The wood makes magnificent
'eneers; is superior to oak for furni-
urei is lighter than pine, and tougher
han hickory; neither shrinks. swells
tor warps; makes the best wood pulp
ina paper; has an immense yield per
lcre; excels as building material,
quals walnut for carving; makes good
ence posts; and is not surpassed for
nine tlmbers. II is an ideal wood for
hlngles, and makes good pillow beams
md handles. The Indans used IL for
'oats for centuries. It Is suitable for
NJ car construction; has fewer insect
nemies than other trees. fewer dis
asses than other timber trees: makes n
lulck growth for wind-break; is n
handsome shade tree. Its roots nevar
Jog sewers; and il Is good for nrac-
lcally all uses to which wood is ad-
lpted
During the past year Mr. Brow, has
hanted more than million catalina
rees mostly for railroad compnnins
considerable forests have been pIanted
New Zealand. Australia. France. |
taiy Germany, Mexico, Brazil. Ar |
entine Republic, South Africa. India
ma In Canada, all through the efforts |
this one man.
II should be made clear that the |
roper tree to plant is the catalpa spe-
iosa. There are several groups of the |
atalpa, similar in many RESPECTS vet
~ materially different in size Of tree
ma usefulness of product from the
Ipeciosa variety The catalpa bigno-
hoides, common throughout the |
'outh, is almost a worthless sort
The wood or the catalpa apeciosa
much resembles butternut or white
Falnut, has remarkably handsome
rain, and takes "A high polish.
AT the present rate of destruction
nir forests have shown that BY 1925
The American forests viii have boon
Nterminated. The chief merit of the
atalpa Is the rapldity of It's growth.
II fifteen years. II attans diameter
# twenty-five inches at height Of
en- feet from the ground, making "A
og from which -four railroad cross
ies, each Z by inches at the ends,
nay be cut.
n NIL Ina tta...