CHAP. III. MAGNOLIA CE. MAGNOLIA. 275 
lish garden at Caserta, and in most of the botanic gardens; but, as already 
observed, the deciduous American magnolias do not thrive in the south of 
Europe, except in particular localities. In North America, there is a tree of 
this species in Bartram’s Botanic Garden, Philadelphia, 80 ft. high, which sup- 
plies a great part of the seeds sent yearly to Europe. 
Commercial Statistics. The price of plants, about London, is 5s. each, and of 
seeds 2s. 6d. an ounce; at Bollwyller, from 5 francs to 10 francs each plant; 
in New York, plants are 25 dollars a hundred, or 30 cents each, and seeds are 
9 dollars a quart. 
¥ 6. M. (? acu.) corpa‘ta Mz. The heart-leaved Magnolia. 
iene rae Mich. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 328.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 80.; Hayne Dend., p, 118.; Don’s 
ill., 1. p. 85. 
Synonymes. The heart-leaved Cucumber Tree, Asmer.; Magnolier 4 Feuilles en Coeur, Fr. ; herz- 
blattriger Bieberbaum, Ger. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., 474. ; and our plate in Vol. IT. 
Spec. Char. Deciduous. Leaves heart-shaped, somewhat ovate or cordate, 
acute, under surface tomentose, upper surface smooth. Petals 6—9, ob- 
long. (Don’s Mili., i. p. 83.) A middle-sized tree. North America. 
Flowers white and purple, scented. June and July. 1800. 
Description. This tree, in its native country, attains the height of 40 ft. or 
50 ft., with a trunk 12 in. or 15in. in diameter, straight, and covered with a 
rough and deeply furrowed bark. Its leaves, which are borne upon petioles, 
are from 4 in. to 6in. in length, and from 3in. to 5in. wide, smooth and 
entire. The flowers, which appear in April, are yellow, with the interior of 
the petal longitudinally marked with several reddish lines. They are from 
3in. to 4in. in diameter, and are succeeded by fruit about 3 in. long, and 
nearly lin. in thickness, of a similar form to those of the preceding species. 
The wood is light and soft, and is used in joinery and cabinet-making, where 
it can be found; but the tree is not common in America. In Britain, the tree 
attains the height of 20 ft. or 30 ft., and flowers freely. 
Geography. Found on the banks of the river Savannah, in Upper Georgia, 
and on those of the streams which traverse the back parts of South Carolina. 
The nearest point to the sea at which the younger Michaux found it, was in 
the plantation of Goodrest, 12 miles from Augusta, along the sides of Horn 
Créek. The tree is rare in Upper Georgia, never making its appearance in 
forests, but only in isolated situations, along the banks of rivers. 
History, §c. This tree appears to have been discovered by the elder 
Michaux. It was brought to England in 1801 by Mr. Lyon; and the original 
tree, not 15 ft. high, still exists in the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges. This tree 
agrees in very few particulars with Michaux’s description, and, taken together 
with the various and very opposite appearances assumed by the seedlings of 
M. acuminata, convinces us that M. cordata is nothing more than a variety of 
M. acuminata. The soil and situation may be considered the same as in the 
receding species; but, as this race or variety seems, in its native country, to 
inhabit higher and drier localities than M. acuminata, it may probably be 
placed in still more exposed situations than that species in Britain. 
Statistics. Though this species is by no means uncommon in British gar- 
dens, we are not aware of many large specimens of it. The highest we know 
of is at Claremont, where it has attained the height of 27 ft. in sandy loam on 
clay. At Luscombe, in Devonshire, there is a tree 8 years planted, which has 
attained the height of 14 ft.; and at West Dean, in Sussex, is one 9 years 
planted, which is 13 ft. high. At High Clere, in a situation upwards of 500 ft. 
above the level of the sea, a plant 12 years planted is 12 ft. high. In the Perth 
Nursery, one 8 years planted is 15 ft. high against a wall. There are trees as 
standards at Oriel Temple, Terenure, Charleville, and various other places in 
Ireland. At Paris, there are trees at Scéaux, and in most of the nurseries and 
botanic gardens. Plants, both seedlings and layers, are not unfrequent in the 
nurseries. The price, in London, is from 7s. 6d. to 21s. ; at Bollwyller, 6 francs ; 
in New York, | dollar. 
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