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which are covered with skins, and of bedsteads ; as it is easily 

 wrought in the lathe, and is very light, it is much used for 

 wooden bowls. It is also employed for the rails of rural fence, 

 for the construction of bridges, and for the felloes of large mill 

 wheels. In fine, it affords excellent charcoal, which is employed 

 by smiths in districts that furnish no fossile coal. The cellular 

 integument of the bark of this tree, the bark of the branches, 

 and stiil more the bark of the roots, has an agreeable smell and 

 a very bitter taste, and is very pungent : when powdered it is 

 employed as a tonic, stimulant in intermittents and chronic 

 rheumatism : given in substance to horses, appear to be a pretty 

 certain remedy for worms. 



MAGNOLIA. 



Polyandria Polygynia. Linn. Magnoliacere. Juss. Tonic, aperient. 



Cucumber Tree. Magnolia acuminata. 



In all parts of the United 

 States where this tree is 

 found, it is known only by 

 the name of Cucumber Tree. 

 It is a beautiful vegetable, 

 equal in height and in diam- 

 eter to the big laurel. The 

 most northern point, at which 

 this tree grows is near the 

 falls of Niagara, in latitude 

 43. It abounds along the 

 whole tract of the Allegha- 

 nies, to their termination in 

 Georgia, over a distance of 

 900 miles. It is also found 

 on the Cumberland Moun- 

 tains. The situations pecu- 

 liarly adapted to its growth are the declivities of mountains, 

 narrow valleys and the banks of torrents, where the air is 



PLATE LIH. 

 Fig. 1. A leaf. Fig. 2. A cone with seeds. 



