Evanston's parkways and yards are ornamented with many diverse Lindens. These are lovely largish trees with heart-shaped leaves and small pendant panicles of creamy white flowers whose strong fragrance fills the surrounding air in early summer.
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Characters in Evanston residential history: Julius White
The names of some of Evanston's subdivisions and roadways hark back to some of our past heroes and also to some characters who don't quite fit that label. The White Subdivision that I live in was named for one of the characters, Julius White.
The Catalpas on Lake Shore Blvd between Hamilton and Burnham Place
Catalpas are large, beautiful flowering trees from a mostly tropical family, the Bignoniaceae (Catalpa speciosa, p. 198, The Plant Book, James Mill-Hicks, publisher, 2003). The abundant flowers are large panicles of small, frilly orchid-like cream flowers with maroon-mottled throats. The
Old Trees
Ancient trees adorn many towns in Europe and South America: broad old Sycamores in England, venerable, twisty olive trees in the Iberian peninsula, straight, majestic Ceibas in Manaus, Brazil.
