

LIST OF FOREST-TREES. 



planted in an ungenial soil than from 



verity of the climate. The fact 



is, the soil should be that above de- 



scribed, but not an insulated portion, 



36 in practice, by 



hole and supplying it to the 



Slant merely to that extent, whereas 



CS to o fleet, the atmo- 



ciiliar exhalations, thus 



aeting on the lca\es as well as on the 



. The magnolia grandijlora was 



/.and about 1 731. 



. This tree is found 



.;ion in Li y, but is also 



found in latitude 13 J ."'', near Cape 



Ann N. America. 



In the Carolinas and in Georgia it 



not ordinarily exceed twenty or 



thirty feet, although it sometimes at- 



10 forty feet in height. At New 



York it yields fruit at the height of 



five or six feet. The wood is not con- 



be of any value in building. 



The flowers are flagrant, and the bark 



of the roots has an aromatic odour 



and a bitter taste. The country people 



in I.' v drink an infusion of 



: ark in brandy as a remedy in 



rheumatic affections, and an infusion 



of the cones in whiskey is regarded 



by them also as a preventive against 



autumnal fevers. (Miehaux, 1 1 ) This 



have been introduced 



into England in 1088. 



inni/n'itu is common in all 



:'ed Stales of America, 



where it is gun-rally known under the 



of the cucumber-tree. Its sta- 



ll similar to the magnolia grandi- 



sixty or se\enty ted, 



_rh as ninety 



id as far north as the 



ee of north latitude, near the 



of the N 

 . The inhabitants of the conn- 



ring on the AlU'uhan: 



ther the cmies about midsummer, 



half ripe, and steep 



two of 



Miely bitter, 



.iiitumnal fe- 



.naiks, that 



'.lie ellicacv, 



to at' . In its na- 



InmK 

 as 

 ixe 



perfectly straight, of an uniform 

 , and < . ute of branches 



for two-thirds of its length, the sum- 

 mit ample, and regularly shaped ; the 

 flowers are five to six inches diameter, 

 of a bluish white, having a feeble 

 odour, but as they are so large and 

 are numerous, they have a fine effect 

 in the midst of the super-foliage. The 

 wood is soft, and like that of the poplar, 

 is fine grained, and susceptible of a 

 brilliant polish, but it is neither strong 

 nor durable when exposed to the wea- 

 ther. In England this tree is perfectly 

 hardy, and attains to a considerable 

 size. Introduced into England in 

 173G. 



Magnolia corddta, heart-leaved cucum- 

 ber-tree, in its native soil of the banks 

 of the river Savannah in Upper 

 Georgia, and those of the streams 

 which traverse theback parts of South 

 Carolina, attains to forty and fifty feet 

 in height, and from twelve to fifteen 

 inches in diameter. The leaves are 

 from five to six inches in length, and 

 from three to five in width ; the flowers, 

 which appear in April, are yellow, and 

 are nearly four inches in diameter. 

 The wood is of no determinate use, 

 but the tree is very hardy and orna- 

 mental in parks. Introduced into 

 England in 1801. 



Mii^in'ilia tri/n'ta/ii, umbrella-tree, is 

 found in soils deep and fertile in the 

 northern parts of New York, and is 

 common on some of the islands of the 

 river Susquehanna. Near th 

 swamps of South Carolina and Georgia 

 it is almost invariably accompanied 

 by the magnolia grandiflora and swamp 

 chestnut oak. It is of humblergrowth 

 than the magnolia grandiflora, seldom 

 attaining to thirty or thirty-five feet 

 in height, with a diameter of five or 

 six inches. The leaves are eighteen 

 or twenty inches long, and seven or 

 eight broad : the flowers are white, 

 and seven or ei-ht inches in diameter. 

 The fruit is four or five inches long 

 and two inches in diameter. The 

 wood is light and porous, and unfit for 

 use. The tree is highly ornamental 

 and very hardy. Introduced into Eng- 

 land in ] 7:VJ. 



Mtiiiih'-lm titinrn/ufd, long-leaved cu- 

 mber-tree, is equally remarkable 

 with the magnolia tripetala, for the 

 iiity <>f its toha^e and the size of its 

 ilouei s, which are also of an agreeable 

 nd is found, Miehaux observes, 

 only in a small tract far retired in the 



