SWAMP MAGNOLIA; SWEET BAY; SWAMP BAY (Magnolia 

 glauca, Linn.). From a shrub to 75 feet. Tall, slender tree 

 in the warmer regions, a many-stemmed shrub in the North. 

 Bark brown, smooth. Wood soft, pale red or brown, weak. 

 Leaves evergreen in the South, deciduous in the North, 4 to 6 

 inches long, blunt at apex and base, smooth, shining green 

 above, silvery beneath, margin plain, stem short, stout. 

 Flowers white, waxy, from globular bud, of many broad, con- 

 cave petals; when open, 2 to 3 inches across. Fragrant. 

 Fruit a globular cone, 1 inch in diameter, with red seeds that 

 hang out on slender threads when the 2-lipped capsules open 

 in late summer. Dist. : Cape Cod to the Everglades, in swampy 

 land near the seaboard; west to Texas and Arkansas. Val- 

 uable ornamental tree or shrub for parks and grounds. Foli- 

 age and flowers cut for florists' trade. 



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