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the magnolias, and is a rapid grower, but its nar- 

 row-petaled flowers are rather poor-looking in com- 

 parison with the beautiful white ones of the two 

 foregoing species. 



Yellow Cucumber Tlie ^ ellow cucumber tree has really 

 Tree. beautiful lemon-yellow flowers, which 



Magnolia cordata. form ft damt co]qt coni j,j na _ 



Magnolia d ^ 



tion with its rich foliage. This tree 

 is a native of Georgia and South 



acuminata, 

 var. cordata. 



Carolina ; it has been cul- 

 tivated in gardens for 

 nearly a century, 

 and its beauty is ^ 

 deserving of close 

 attention. It is 

 found to be quite 

 hardy as far north as 

 Boston, where it sur- 

 vives the cold of that 

 trying climate.* The 

 leaves are similar to 

 those of the foregoing 

 species, but they are 



Magnolia cordata. 



broadly oval, decidedly 



woolly-white beneath, and less pointed at the ends. 



* There are two specimens of this tree in the botanic garden 

 of Harvard University. 



