Magnolia ncufninata, 
Magnolia acuminata, 
THE POINTED-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. 
Synonymes. 
'Linn*jeus, Species Plantarum. 
Willdenow, Berlinische Baumzucht 
De Candolle, Prodromus. 
-j MiCHAtrx, North American Sylva. 
Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Torrey and Gray, Flora of North America. 
France. 
Magnolier acumine, Magnolier a 
feuilles pointees, 
Zugespitzter Bieberbaum, 
Blue Magnolia, 
Cucumber-tree, 
Germany. 
England. 
Anglo-America. 
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Derivations. This specie3 is called Cucumber-tree, from its fruit resembling a small cucumber. The other names es 
translations of the botanic one, except Blue Magnolia, which has reference to the bluish colour of the flowers. 
Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 53 ; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 7 ; and the figures below. 
Specific Characters. Deciduous. Leaves oval, acuminate, under surface pubescent. Flowers 69- 
petaled. Don, Miller's Diet. 
Description. 
HE Magnolia acu- 
minata is regarded 
as one of the finest 
trees of the Ameri- 
can forests. Its 
trunk is straight, 
of a uniform size, 
and is often destitute of branches for two thirds of 
its length, and sometimes attains a height of sixty 
or eighty feet, with a diameter of three or four feet. 
The branches are numerous, and are disposed in 
a regular manner, forming an ample and beauti- 
ful fastigiate summit. The bark on old stocks is 
grayish, and deeply furrowed. The leaves upon 
old trees are from six to seven inches long, and 
from three to four inches broad, and double that 
size upon young, vigorous ones. In general, on 
adult trees, they are oval, entire, and very acu- 
minate ; but, on seedlings, they are sometimes found ovate, nearly orbiculate, and 
cordate-acuminate. The flowers, which open in May, are five or six inches in 
diameter. They are bluish, and sometimes white, with a tint of yellow, and 
emit but a feeble odour. They are large and numerous, and have a fine effect 
in the midst of the superb foliage. The cones are about three inches long, and 
nearly an inch in diameter. They are cylindrical, and often a little larger at 
the summit than at the base. They are convex on one side, and concave on the 
other ; and when green, they nearly resemble small cucumbers. They are rose- 
