AlagnoUd (irinn'inata, 



THE POINTED-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. 



^ynonijnicx. 



Mo^noUa acuminata, 



Masnolier aciunine, IMagnolier a 



feuilles ywintees, 

 Zuprespiizler Bieberbaum, 

 Blue ^Magnolia, 

 Cucumber-tree, 



LiN\.<iU's, Species Plantaruiu. 

 Wii.r.DENow, Berlinische Bauinzuchl 

 De Caxdoi.le, Prodromns. 

 { I\IiciiArx, Norlh American Sylva. 

 Don, 3Iillcr'.s Dicijunary. 

 LoLDO.N', Arboretum Britannicum. 

 TouREY AND Gray, Flora of Norlh America. 



France. 



Germany. 

 England. 

 Anglo-A-merica. 



DTi'rations. This species is called Cnctimbcr-tree, fmm its fruit rnseniblin? a small cucumber. The other names a;"B 

 Iraiislaiioiis of ihe botanic one, except Blue Magnolia, which has reference lo the bluish colour of the flowers. 



Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 53; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 7; and the figures below. 



Sperijic Characters. Deciduous. Leaves oval, acuminate, under surface pubescent. Flowers 6 9- 

 peialed. Don, Millers Diet. 



Desci'lption. 



HE Magnolia acu- 

 minata is regarded 

 as one of the finest 

 trees of the Ameri- 

 can forests. Its 

 trunk is straight, 

 of a uniform size, 

 and is often destitute of branches for two thirds of 

 its length, and sometimes attains a height of sixty 

 or eighty feet, with a diameter of three or four feet. 

 The branches are numerous, and are disposed in 

 a regular manner, forming an ample and beauti- 

 ful fastigiate summit. The bark on old stocks is 

 grayish, and deeply furrowed. The leaves upon 

 old trees are from six to seven inches long, and 

 from three to four inches broad, and double that 

 size upon young, vigorous ones. In general, on 

 adult trees, they are oval, entire, and very acu- 

 minate ; but, on seedlings, they are sometimes found ovate, nearly orbiculate, and 

 cordate-acuminate. The flowers, which open in May, are five or six inches in 

 diameter. They are bluish, and sometimes Avhite, with a tint of yellow, and 

 emit but a feeble odour. They are large and numerous, and have a fine effect 

 in the midst of the superb foliage. The cones are about three inches long, and 

 nearly an inch in diameter. They are cylindrical, and often a little larger at 

 the summit than at the base. They are convex on one side, and concave on the 

 other ; and when green, they nearly resemble small cucumbers. They are rose- 



