The catalpa is a tree which was planted about 25 years ago as a commercial speculation in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The sun was shining through the catalpa blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [longest day of the year, northern hemisphere] Reference
I also grow catalpa and black locust for fence posts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
I just bought a tube of catalpa worm paste for catfish bait. From Wordnik.com. [I just bought a tube of catalpa worm paste for catfish bait. Any know how it works?] Reference
It killed more than half of the catalpa trees which were nearly as old. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
There was one tree in the city of Ascalon, the catalpa in front of Judge. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Across her backyard, over the catalpa tree, the moon hunglow in the cold sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Palatski Man] Reference
Boy catalpa worms are a prize here, if I can find the trees, not many around. From Wordnik.com. [What is the best bait to catch Channel cats on a trotline.] Reference
In two of these beds seeds were sown of Scotch pine, Norway spruce, hardy catalpa and. From Wordnik.com. [New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission] Reference
Black walnut, black cherry and hardy catalpa are probably the most valuable of these. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
The catalpa and China-bell trees were in full blossom and the pecans were leafing out. From Wordnik.com. [The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster] Reference
Form and size: The catalpa has a short, thick and twisted trunk with an irregular head. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
PS Have thought of catalpa, but there were no seed pods when we moved in last autumn. From Wordnik.com. [Swiping Ideas Since 1979] Reference
The catalpa takes its name from a Cherokee word that means bean tree, and I can see why. From Wordnik.com. [National Champion Catalpa Cut Down] Reference
We found another old catalpa growing elsewhere on campus, hopefully that one won't get axed too. From Wordnik.com. [Photo Collage] Reference
A catalpa of a hardy strain will do the same thing in about half the time in our part of the state. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
I will bait with whole minnows, crawfish or catalpa worms ... oh ... those catalpa worms, um um um!. From Wordnik.com. [I know some of you have used trot lines. I want to know how you put on your bait.] Reference
She had fashioned an enormous rain bonnet in some complicated manner from big flopping catalpa leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
He stopped in the shadow of a catalpa tree a few yards from the end of the alley, stood there and listened. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Can Be Fun]
I know that catalpa worms are dynamite on cats so if this is actually catalpa ground into paste it may be good. From Wordnik.com. [I just bought a tube of catalpa worm paste for catfish bait. Any know how it works?] Reference
Thayer stood in the shade of his little catalpa tree watching the Texans drive their cattle into the loading pens. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
The motionless figure of a man leaning against a gigantic catalpa twenty feet off appeared, half-veiled by the foliage. From Wordnik.com. [From the Earth to the Moon] Reference
My inventory includes snapdragons, gladiolus, a couple of species of lavender, and several others, including catalpa seeds. From Wordnik.com. [Seed Gathering] Reference
They continued toward her father's office in silence, crossing the stretch of barren in which the little catalpa tree stood. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Garden stands a venerable catalpa-tree, planted by Sir Matthew Hale, "one of the most eminent of lawyers and excellent of men.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
And this charm Lucy found in her hosts of the catalpa. From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
A: The tree you've described sounds like a catalpa tree. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They seated her in a comfortable chair under the catalpa. From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
The leaves of a catalpa, across the roadway, hung motionless. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Light and Shadow] Reference
Then I went out and climbed the catalpa tree to watch for Laddie. From Wordnik.com. [Laddie; a true blue story] Reference
"And, David, tea under the catalpa, as we always do on fine nights.". From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
I sat in our catalpa and watched the Gypsies drive past every summer. From Wordnik.com. [Laddie; a true blue story] Reference
Mayor Burgess -- a catalpa seedling from Panshanger, which the late Lady. From Wordnik.com. [Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution] Reference
The catalpa tree on the island in the millstream here was planted in memory of a lost child. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I laid the pie on the horseblock and climbed the catalpa carefully, so as not to frighten my robins. From Wordnik.com. [Laddie; a true blue story] Reference
The yard was shaded by stately locusts and elms, and a catalpa tree in season rained its pink and white blossoms upon the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Sixes and Sevens] Reference
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