There was another picture persisting in his mind, a picture with a little brown house and a ragged catalpa tree for a background.
A swirl of dust laden with the scent of the catalpa blew up from the street.
In the warm air, which was heavy with the scent of a purple catalpa tree on the corner, the drawling voice of the auctioneer could be heard like the loud droning of innumerable bees.
China with the aspect of the catalpa with broad opposite leaves.
He's been a bad boy again, and it wasn't catalpacigars this time either.
It's cigars off the catalpa tree," he wept, and went on into the next room and to bed even as Sarah had forewarned him.
They arrived at the gatehouse and Ruth begged Unc' Simmy to stop and ask if Miss Catalpa would receive them.
But I wonder if he shows his Miss Catalpa off to all the Northern people who come to the Point?
Nobody makes lemonade quite like Uncle Simmy," Miss Catalpa said kindly, and the old negro's face shone like a polished kitchen range at the praise.
That afternoon the girls were left to their own devices while Mrs. Parsons sought out Colonel Wilder and made some provision for helping in the support of Miss Catalpa and her old servant.
It was a very delightful party, indeed, and Helen as well as Ruth went away at last hoping that she would some time see the sweet-natured Miss Catalpa again.
Now Miss Catalpa kin have mo' of the fixin's like she's use to.
Miss Catalpa welcomed the chums delightedly; and they took tea with her on the vine-shaded porch of the old gatehouse, Unc' Simmy doing the honors in his ancient butler's coat.
Miss Catalpa smiled, turning her sightless eyes up to them.
But then, you see, there was enough saved from the wreckage after all to keep me alive," and Miss Catalpa smiled again.
Between bursts of laughter Helen tried to tell her about the queer old negro and his dilapidated turnout; but it was Ruth who softly explained to Mrs. Parsons about Miss Catalpa and the faithful old darkey's relations to her.
Miss Catalpa wouldn't feel right if she knowed anybody else did fo' her but me--No'm!
But how many poor people like Miss Catalpa there must be scattered through this Dixieland!
XXXVI WHAT THE EARTH GAVE UP TOM’S account of the way in which the powderkeg was entangled in the roots of the catalpa tree was more than borne out by the fact as the boys found it.
No matter where we may be on Quasi, it will be easy to find some point near from which the lone catalpa tree can be seen.
Somebody stuck a catalpa bean in the ground directly over the keg.
The whole of that part of the bluff has slumped down to the beach,” he said, “and even the big catalpa tree is uprooted and overturned.
I shall plant a catalpa bean above them as a sure means of identifying the spot, there being no other catalpa on the plantation.
As I was passing the uprooted catalpa tree, my foot sank into wet sand, and as the sand there had always been as dry as powder, I looked about to see what it meant.
It was nearly sunset when Tom reached the catalpa tree on his return.
When at last the evening was completely gone, he bade his companions a cheery good night, saying that he would go over to the bluff and sleep near the catalpa tree.
Did you observe a catalpatree that stands all alone over there on the highest part of the bluff, which is also the highest point in the whole land of Quasi?
Probably the man who buried the thing did that; he wanted to provide a landmark by which to find the spot again, and probably he knew there wasn’t another catalpa tree on all Quasi plantation.
Another strange feature of the winter was that Catalpa speciosa came through entirely uninjured.
A catalpa of a hardy strain will do the same thing in about half the time in our part of the state.
On its one side was a clovered pasture and beyond this an orchard, bounded by a tall hedge of close-clipped box which separated it from a broad yard where the gray-weathered roof of Rosewood showed above a group of tulip and catalpa trees.
At the half, Evangeline takes the lead--Catalpa next--the rest bunched.
Among deciduous trees for the region of Washington and south may be mentioned: Acer, the American and European species as for the North; Catalpa bignonioides and especially C.
Will the hardy catalpa do, if so what distance apart?
The hardy catalpa may do, but for low land we would just as soon have the common willow.
He thought, vaguely, that it must be the heat and the scent of the catalpa flowers which weighed so heavily upon him.
In front of the house lay large blocks of catalpa wood, which, when fresh cut, is of a brownish yellow colour, and emits a peculiar smell.
Among these the catalpa and ailantus produce emanations that are disagreeable and sometimes poisonous, and catalpa flowers, when handled, will produce an irritation of the skin.
The Western Catalpa is more erect and taller of growth than C.
The species Catalpa speciosa is said to be much the more desirable in that it is hardy and reaches a tall upright form.
Fifty thousand catalpa trees have recently been planted by a Western railway at a cost of one cent apiece.
The catalpa may be known by its showy flowers, suggesting those of the horse chestnut.
The catalpa grows rapidly and produces a coarse, brittle, weak, but durable and desirable, lumber, well fitted to meet the requirements of railways and other branches of construction where the annual consumption is the largest.
Grafted and Budded Pecans and Catalpa Speciosa The Ohio Valley Forest Nurseries of Lake, Indiana, is engaged in growing forest tree seedlings of all kinds, but make a specialty of Catalpa Speciosa seeds and seedlings that are true to name.
A good example of a tree of very irregular growth is the Catalpa (Indian Bean), shown in Fig.
In Catalpa the corolla has a very short tube, and an unequal, five-lobed limb.
I also grow catalpa and black locust for fence posts.
Value for planting: The catalpa grows very rapidly and is cultivated in parks for ornament and in groves for commercial purposes.
Form and size: The catalpa has a short, thick and twisted trunk with an irregular head.
The wood of all the poplars, the ailanthus, the silver maple and the chestnut, catalpa and willow is either too soft or too brittle to be depended upon without special care.
It made me sick to think of the sage bag in the cracked churn, so I climbed my very own catalpa tree in the corner, watched up the road for Laddie, and thought things over.
I didn't dare climb the catalpa in my white dress, so I watched from the horse block, and when I saw the grays come over the top of the hill, I ran to tell.
I sat in our catalpa and watched the Gypsies drive past every summer.
Then I went out and climbed the catalpa tree to watch for Laddie.
I climbed to the catalpa to think, and the more I thought, the more I feared he couldn't; but still mother always says one never can tell until they try, and I knew he would try with every ounce of brain and muscle in him.
I laid the pie on the horseblock and climbed the catalpa carefully, so as not to frighten my robins.
May had her spelling book in one hand and was in my big catalpa talking to Billy Stevens, who was going to be her beau as soon as mother said she was old enough.
I had all my work done, and was making friends with a robin brooding in my very own catalpa tree, when Mr. Pryor rode up, tied his horse, and started toward the gate.
I went back to the catalpa tree and wondered myself; but it was too much for me to straighten out: just why my mother wanting to give the traveller man another chance would make the Princess feel like that.
Catalpa bignonioides aurea, wholly golden, and most effective in summer and autumn.
The best known is Catalpa bignonioides, a native of the eastern United States which is often cultivated in parks and gardens.
The yard on this side of the house affords plenty of space for exercise and a large catalpa tree spreads grateful shade.
It was here, under the catalpa tree that Sim Younger wanted his picture taken while seated in his favorite chair.
The two catalpas of this country are known to botanists as Catalpa speciosa andCatalpa catalpa.
When all conditions are perfect, hardy catalpagrows rapidly and grows large, but it demands nearly perfect conditions or it will disappoint.
The wood of this catalpahas been thoroughly tried out for a number of purposes.
Some supposed that hardy catalpa was the wood which was to save the country from a threatened timber famine.
Due to his efforts, and otherwise, catalpa was for a time the most advertised plantation tree in this country.
The counterfeit is easily detected, since the artificial color which may be imparted to catalpa is about the only resemblance to mahogany.
Probably ninety per cent of all the catalpa ever cut has gone into fence posts.
Seven species ofcatalpa are known, two of them occurring in the United States.
His labor was likewise directed toward inducing land owners to plant catalpafor commercial purposes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catalpa" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
