LIST OF FOREST-TREES. 



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country, at the distance of 300 miles 

 from the sea, on a part of the Alle- 

 ghany mountains. In its native soil 

 it attains to forty or forty-five feet, and 

 a diameter of twelve or fifteen inches. 

 The leaves are of a light green colour, 

 of a fine texture, eight or nine inches 

 long, and from four to six inches 

 broad ; the base of the leaf is divided 

 into rounded lobes, whence the name 

 ear-leaved. The flowers are white, 

 and from three to four inches diameter. 

 The wood is light and spongy, and 

 unfit for the purposes of the carpenter. 

 The bark is stated to have an agree- 

 able aromatic odour, and an infusion 

 of it in ardent spirits is employed as 

 an excellent sudorific in rheumatic 

 affections. It is a hardy tree, and very 

 ornamental for parks. Introduced 

 into England in 1786. 

 Magnolia macrophy'lla, vel Michauxii, 

 large-leaved cucumber-tree, is more 

 remarkable for the superior size of its 

 leaves and flowers than any other 

 species of this genus. It resembles 

 most the magnolia tripetala in its ge- 

 neral habit of growth, and it is gene- 

 rally found growing in company with 

 it. The leaves are sometimes thirty- 

 five inches long, and nine or ten inches 

 broad. The flowers are white, fra- 

 grant, and larger than those of any 

 other species of magnolia, being some- 

 times eight or nine inches in diameter; 

 the buds are compressed, instead of 

 being rounded at the end, as in the 

 magnolia tripetala, and they are co- 

 vered with a soft and silvery down : 

 this circumstance affords a ready dis- 

 tinction between these species at that 

 season when the flowers and leaves are 

 absent. The wood is of an inferior 

 quality. The tree is highly ornamental. 

 In its native soil, according to Mi- 

 chaux, it grows to the height of 

 thirty-five feet. Introduced into Eng- 

 land in 1800. 



The other species of magnolia or cu- 

 cumber-tree in the gardens of England, 

 come at present, or as far as experience 

 of their habits in this climate indicates, 

 exclusively under the head of ornamental 

 plants or shrubs, and consequently they 

 are omitted in this enumeration. 



TULIP-TREE. 



LlRIODENDRON. 



Calyx, three-leaved ; petals, six ; seeds, into 

 a strobule, or cone, 



Time of sowing seed spring. Soil, 

 light earth, to be shaded from the 

 heat of the mid-day sun. 



Uses The wood is esteemed for its 

 lightness and durability, and in the 

 western states of North America it is 

 used as a substitute, in building, for 

 the wood of the pine. The inner bark 

 of the branches and root is used as a 

 substitute for the Peruvian in remit- 

 tent ; and intermittent fevers. It de- 

 lights in a light rich loamy soil. It 

 has been known to measure 22 feet in 

 circumference, and to rise to 120 feet 

 in height. Introduced into England 

 in 1688. 



Species for Ornament, Shelter, or Underwood. 



Common .tulipifera . . N. Amer. . .60 



Var. Entire Ivd. .integrifolia 



Polyandria Polygynia. Linn. 



Trees of the habits and general appearance 

 of the common Lime, or Linden-tree. 



LIME-TREE. TIUA. 



Calyx, five-parted ; corolla, five-petaled ; cap- 

 sule, coriaceous, globular, five-celled, and 

 five-valved, opening at the base; seed, 

 one or two in each cell, roundish, covered 

 with a coriaceous globular-shaped capsule, 

 which has five valves, five cells, and open- 

 ing at the base. 



Time of sowing seed Autumn, in a 

 shady border of moist, light soil; but 

 the usual mode of propagation is by 

 layers. Soil in almost any kind of 

 soil, if moderately damp. 



Uses The wood is light, delicately white, 

 and of an uniform texture, useful for 

 some domestic purposes, and for those 

 of the carver. Gibbon's inimitable 

 carvings of flowers, dead game, &c., 

 were of this wood, Br. Fh, vol. iii. p. 

 18. The bark of this, and probably 

 of other species of lime, makes the 

 Russian mats called bast. As an 

 ornamental tree, the lime is esteemed 

 for the fragrance of its flowers, of 

 which bees are very fond. 



Mr. Boutcher says, at eleven years old 

 the plants will be twenty feet high ; 

 and at sixteen years old, from thirty 

 to thirty-five feet high. The com- 

 mon yellow twigged lime, called also 

 linden tree, and smooth -leaved lime, 

 was formerly more than now a great 

 favourite with planters. Whether it 

 be properly a native of Britain, seems 



