

CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 



MAGNOLIAOEiE. 



1. Magnolia grandiflora, Linnans, 



Spec.2ed. 755. Marshall, Arbnstum, 84. Am. Gewach. t. 185, 186. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 158. Gsertuer, Fruct. i, 343, t. 70. B. S. 

 Barton, CoU.i, 13; ii,20. Aiton.Hort. Kew.ii,251 ; 2 ed. iil, 329. Bartram, Travels, 2 ed. 82. Lamarck, Diet, iii, 672; Ill.iii,35,t. 

 490. Mcench, Meth. 274. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 1255; Enum. i, 579. Miehaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 327. Nonveau Duhamel, ii, 219, t. 

 65. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 5. Robin, Voyages, iii, 265. Andrews, Bot. Rep. viii, t. 51b. Titford, Hort. Bot. Am. 76. Michanx 

 f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 71, 1. 1 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 8, t. 51. Pursb, Fl. Am. Sept. Ii, 380. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 18 ; Sylva, i, 81 ; 

 2 ed. i, 96. De CandoUe, Syst. i,450 ; Prodr. i, 80. Hayue, Dend. Fl. 116. Elliott, Sk. ii, 36. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 814. Sprengcl, 

 Syst. ii, 642. Andnbon, Birds, t. 5, 32. Rafinesque, Med. Bot. ii, 32. Don, Miller's Diet, i, 82. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 218. Croom 

 in Am. Jour. Sci. 1 ser. xxvi, 314. Loudon, Arboretum, i, 261 &t. Hooker, Jour. Bot. i, 18S. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 312. Torrey 

 & Gray, Fl. N. America,!, 42. Spach, Hist. Veg. vii, 470. Dietrich, Syn. iii, 308. Seringe, Fl. Jard. iii, 225. Darby, Bot. 

 S. States, 210. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858,250. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 13. Curtis in Rep. Geological Snrv. N. Carolin.a, 

 1860, iii, 66. Wood, CI. Book, 214 ; Bot. & Fl. 24. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 38. Baillon, Hist. PI. i, 133, f. 165-169. Koch, 

 Dendrologie, i, 367. Young, Bot. Texas, 148. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 6. 



M. Virginiana, var. /?. fcetida, Liun^ns, Spec, l ed. 536, in part. 



M. grandiflora, var. elliptica and obovata, Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 380. 



M. grandiflora, var. lanceolata, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 380. Bot. Mag. t. 1952. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 218. 



BIG LAUREL. BULL BAY. 



Cape Fear river, North Carolina, south near the coast to Mosquito inlet, and Tampa baj' , Florida ; basin of 

 the Mississippi river south of latitude 32 30', extending westward to southwestern Arkansas, and along the Texas 

 coast to the val'ej of the Brazos river. 



One of th-a ciost magnificent trees of the Atlantic forest, evergreen, 18 to 27 meters in height, with a trunk 

 0.60 to 1.20 rjoter in diameter ; reaching its greatest development on the " bluff" formations along the eastern bank 

 of the Misc'saippi river from Vicksburg to Natchez, and of western Louisiana. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, close-grained, compact, easily worked, satiny; medullary rays very numerous, 

 thin ; color, creamy white or often light brown, the heavier sap-wood nearly white; specific gravity, 0.6360; ash, 0.53 ; 

 little nsed except as fuel ; suitable for interior finish, fine cabinet work, etc. 



2. Magnolia glauca, Linnasus, 



Spec. 2 ed. 755. Kalm, Travels, English ed. i, 204. Schoepf, Mat. Med. Am. 91. Marshall, Arbnstum, 83. Wangenheim, Amer. 60, 1. 19, 

 f. 40. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 158. B. S. Barton, Coll. i, 13; ii, 20. Lamarck, Diet, iii, 674. Alton, Hort. Kew. ii, 251 ; 2ed.iii, 

 329. Mcench, Meth. 274. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 1256; Enum. i, 579. Schkuhr, Handb. ii, 1441, t. 148. Miehaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 

 327. Nonveau Duhamel, ii, 223, t. 66. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 5. Titford, Hort. Bot. Am. 76. Bonpland, PI. Malm. 103, t. 

 42. Miehaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 77, t. 2; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 12, t. 52. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 381. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 

 218. Bigelow, Med. Bot.ii,67,t.27; Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 244. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 18. Barton, Prodr. Fl.Philadelph. 59; Med. Bot. i, 

 77,t.7; Conipend. Fl. Philadelph. ii, 17. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 215. De Candolle, Syst. i, 452; Prodr. i, 80. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 

 116. Elliott, Sk. ii, 37. Bot. Mag. t. 2164. Sprengel, Syst. 642. Torrey, Compend. Fl. N. States, 221; Fl. N. York, i, 17, t.5. 

 Andnbon, Birds, t. 118. Rafinesque, Med. Bot. ii, 34. Don, Miller's Diet, i, 82. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 218. Hooker, Jour. Bot. i, 

 188. Beck, Bot. 15. Sertum Botanicum, v & t. Reichenbach, Fl. Exot. v, 37, t. 342. Lindley, Fl. Med. 23. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 

 312. Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 42. Spach, Hist. Veg. vii, 473. Dietrich, Syn. iii, 308. Griffith, Med. Bot. 96, f. .W.- 

 Loudon, Arboretum, i, 267 & t. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 527 ; 2 ed. ii, 603 & t. Seringe, Fl. Jard. iii, 226. Gray, Genera, 

 i,61,t.a3; Manual N. Statcs,5 ed. 49. Schnizlein, Icon. t. 176. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 8. Darby, Bot. S. States,211. 

 Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 250. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 13. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 66. 

 Lesquerenx in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 374. Wood, CI. Book, 214; Bot. & Fl. 24. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 36. Koch, 

 Dendrologie, i, 309.- Young, Bot. Texas, 148. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 6. 



