32 MAGNOLIA; No. 62, 



is rare in gardens, and highly valued j it requires a 

 rocky and moist soil, grows quick, and begins to blos- 

 som when only five feet high. 



The genus Magnolia is dedicated to a French bota- 

 nist It includes about ten American species, and as 

 many Asiatic; all are handsome, ornamental, and me- 

 dical. Ours are chiefly found in the Southern States, 

 but the M glauca extends to New England. They are 



Laurel " 



weet Bay, Cucumber Tree, Umbrella Tree, &c. and 

 by the Southern Indians Itomico, which means royal 

 tree; they consider it the emblem of peace, as we do 

 the olive. Some are evergreen; all have blossoms and 

 leaves more or less fragrant, an aromatic bark, and a 

 white soft wood of little use, except the M. grandifloraj 

 which has a hard compact wood of a straw colour, useful 

 for plank and timber. All have vernal white flowers, 

 except -M cordata^ which has yellow flowers. All our fol- 

 lowing species are equally medical. 



2. M. grandiflora. Large evergreen tree, leaves oval 



lanceolate, thick, rusty beneath, sis petals obovate, cones 

 conical- 



3. M, fragrans. Raf. in fl- Lud. 1817. Evergreen 

 tree, leaves oblong, acute at both ends, pale beneath, 

 six to nine petals, obovate, cones oblong, flowers four 

 inches in diameter. 



4. M. glauca. Shrubby, not evergreen, leaves elliptic, 

 obtuse, glaucous beneath, nine petals, obovate, cones 

 ovate. 



5. M, acuminata. Large tree, not evergreen, leaves 

 oval, acuminate, pubescent beneath, nine obovate petals, 

 cones cylindrical. 



6. M. tripetala. Small tree, not evergreen, leaves 



ample, cuneate, nine oblong petals, tliree reflexed, cones 

 oblong. 



7. M. cordata. Small tree, not evergreen, leaves 

 snial!, oval, acute, base cordate, submentose beneath, 

 petels nine, lanceolate, acute, yellow, cones cylindric- 



8. 3/. anrimlata. Small tree, not evergreen, leaves 

 cuneate, base auriculate, green beneath, nine petals, Ian- 



