68 MAGNOLIA GLAUGA, 
ry appears to be in a sheltered swamp in Man- 
chester, Cape Ann, about thirty miles north of 
Boston. It here attains to but small size, and is 
frequently killed to the ground by severe winters. 
It is common in the Middle and Southern States, 
and Michaux informs us, that it is one of the most 
abundant trees in the morasses of Florida and 
Lower Louisiana. According to this author how- 
ever, it is not usually met with far in the interior, 
or to the west of the mountains. Its common 
names are various, and change with almost every 
district. In Massachusetts it has no other name 
than Magnolia ; in the Middle States it is called 
Swamp sassafras and Beaver iree; while in the 
Southern States it is denominated Sweet bay and 
White bay. tis naturally a tenant of deep boggy 
swamps, and is somewhat irregular in its growth. 
It acquires more symmetry of form when cultiyat- 
ed in an upland soil, although its transplantation 
is difficult. To insure it sussessful cultivation in 
a dry soil, the tree should be raised from the seed. 
- This tree begins to flower in different parts of 
the United States in May, June and July. The 
flowers are highly fragrant, and may. be perceived 
by their perfume at a considerable distance. A 
few of them shut up in a room over night commu- 
nicate to thé air a heavy and almost insupportable 
odour, 
