108 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
Leaves in cluster at the ends of the branches, oblong 
obovate, soft, whitish downy beneath, two to three feet 
long ; flowers white, large, nearly a foot broad ; fruit 
ovate, two to three inches in diameter ; young branches 
large and covered with a white pubescence; tree of me- 
dium size, very irregular in growth; wood brittle, the 
branches easily broken by the wind ; a noble-looking tree ; 
native of Kentucky and southward, but hardy as far north 
as New York. 
Maenorta JMBRELLA (Magnolia tripetela, Umbrella- 
trec).—Leaves one to two feet long, ovate-oblong, downy 
beneath when young ; flowers white, six to eight inches 
in diameter ; fruit oblong, four to six inches long, rose 
color; young branches smooth, with very long terminal 
bud; tree thirty to forty feet high, spreading open head ; 
a very handsome ornamental tree ; found in same localities 
as M. acuminata. 
Maenorta Fraseri (Zar-leaved Umbrella-tree).—Leaves 
oblong ovate, eight to twelve inches long, somewhat heart- 
shaped at the base, smooth on both sides; flowers white, 
six inches broad; fruit oblong, smaller than in M. um- 
brella; the branches are also more slender; tree thirty to 
forty feet high; Tennessee and southward, but not very 
’ plentiful anywhere. 
Maenoria corpata (Yellow Cucumber-tree).— Leaves 
oval, slightly heart-shaped, downy beneath; flowers yel- 
low, five inches broad; a wide-spreading tree with com- 
paratively slender branches ; common in Georgia and 
South Carolina; quite hardy in the latitude of New York. 
Macnouia GRANDIFLORA (Great Laurel Magnolia 
