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FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



narrow petals, have a strong and somewhat dis- 

 agreeable odor ; they bloom in May and June. The 

 height of the umbrella tree is from 30 to 40 feet ; 

 its branches are usually contorted, and after sprawl- 

 ing out quite a distance from the trunk they turn up 

 and grow nearly parallel with it. The bark is light 

 gray, smooth, but sometimes blistered. 



The tree is found in parks and gardens ; it grows 

 wild from New York southward, along the Alleghany 

 Mountains, and attains its greatest 

 size in the valleys extending 

 from the western slopes 

 of the Great Smol 



Mountains in Tennes- 

 see ; southward its limit 

 is central Alabama, and 

 westward, southwest- 

 ern Arkansas. 



Ear-leaved The ear- 



Umbrella Tree. 



Magnolia 



Fraseri. 



leaved 

 umbrel- 

 la tree grows from 

 30 to 40 feet high. 

 The flowers, six to 

 nine inches in diam- 

 eter, are cream - 

 white, slightly sweet- 



Magnolia Fraseri. 



