6 MAGNOLIA GKANDIFLOKA. 



Strobiles have dropped olT, or any dead or decayed wood, and branches which 

 cross and rub on each other. For a few years alter being planted as a standard, 

 it may be advisable to j)rotect it during winter, by Ibrniini: a small cone ol 

 tliatcb or straw round tbf stem, at'ti-r the manner ol' M. JJoursaiilt, of Paris, as 

 described in London's ' Arbon'tum." 



Casualties. In southern Flurida. tlie l'ij)idendrnm conopseum grows parasiti- 

 cally upon the .Ahiirnolia grandillora and other trees. 



Prnjnrlks and Uses. The medicinal virtues of this magnificent tree were 

 familiar to the soutliern Indians, while they were accustomed proudly to point it 

 out as the glory of the forest. The l)ark of its roots was used by them in Flor- 

 ida, in combination with snake-root, as a substitute for the Peruvian bark, in tlie 

 treatment of intermittents. 



" If fever's fervid rage 

 GIowM in Ihe boiling veins," * * * * 

 ***** " They woo'd lliy polenl spell, 

 Masniilia granditlor.i : to supply 

 The place of faiii'd Cinchona, whose rou2;h brow 

 Now ruddy, and anon with paleness niark'd, 

 Drinks in its native lied, the genial gales 

 Of mountainous Peru." 



Traits of the Aborigines. 



The wood of this tree is but little used in the arts or for fuel. It is soft, and 

 remarkable for its whiteness, which it preserves even after it is seasoned, and 

 when dry, weighs from twenty-seven to thirty pounds to a cubic foot. It is 

 easily wrought, and is not liable to warp; but when exposed to the alternations 

 of moisture and dryness, it soon decays. For this reason the boards are used 

 only in joinery in the interior of buildings In trees from fifteen to eighteen 

 nches in diameter there cannot be discerned any mark of distinction between 

 the sap and heart-wood, except a deep-brown space about half of an inch in 

 diameter near the centre of the trunk. In general, the utility of the Magnolia 

 grandiliora can only be considered in the light of an ornament to plantations and 

 shrubberies, or to the more refined beds of the conservatory. 





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