402 JVci^ location of Magnolia macrophylla. 



Chionanthus virginica, Hopea linctoria, Illicium floridanum, 

 and a great variety of other very ornamental shrubs — of which, 

 probably, more anon. 



In my last, I omitted to state, that, although the height 

 attributed to the tree is, in general, correct, still I have seen 

 it frequently as high as seventy feet; but in Mississippi I found 

 trees in general assume a magnitude surpassing what had ever 

 previously come under my observation. The Magnolia gran- 

 diflora, in many places in Mississippi, ranges over one hundred 

 feet; and on the 16th inst., during my travels, I was passing 

 a grove of this most magnificent forest ornament, and through 

 this identical grove there were people at work forming a road. 

 The whole grove was gigantic, but one specimen was splendid, 

 and this was doomed to fall a victim before the axe, it being 

 in the direct line of the road. I rested until it vi'as felled to 

 the ground. It was the noblest specimen of the Magnolia I 

 had ever seen; so symmetrically formed, in all its parts so per- 

 fect, there was not a blemish. Every blow from the axe 

 thrilled through my veins, but its doom was inevitable, and I 

 could not avert it. The following are its dimensions, accu- 

 rately taken; — 



Diameter of butt, three feet from the ground, five feet seven 

 inches. 



Length of butt, to the lower branches, eleven feet nine 

 inches. 



Extreme height when standing, one hundred and forty- 

 seven feet. 



To witness the downfall of such a noble tree, of such a 

 noble species, created sensations which I will not attempt to 

 define. 



Thirty miles from Mobile, while traversing a swamp, I dis- 

 covered an entirely new species of -Sarracenia. This spe- 

 cies has in some degree the habit of S. purpurea, but not near 

 so large, and the leaf is a beautiful yellow, and regularly spot- 

 ted with a pure white from the base of the leaf. It is very 

 distinct from S. variolaris, and T have named it S. maculdta. 

 In fact, this specific character was so distinctly obvious, that, 

 to have given any other name, unless commemorative, would 

 have been utterly at variance with the rules which regulate 

 specific distinctions. 



Yesterday, (23d,) while sauntering along a sandy ridge, 

 something vivid attracted my eye. I went to examine it, and 



