MAGNOLIACE^ 



under surface glaucous or nearly white, upper side light green, glabrous, 

 aromatic, 4-6 ins. long, ^-2^ ins. wide ; petioles slender. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, nearly evergreen in mild seasons, 15 ft. ; 

 Branches erect, spreading ; Twigs hoary pubescent when young, afterwards 

 glabrous, red-brown ; Buds silky ; Wood aromatic. 



Native of N. America ; there reaches 70 ft. ; in swampy places used by 

 beavers in construction of dams — hence names of Swamp Magnolia and 

 Beaver- wood ; introduced 1688. 



GREAT LAUREL MAGNOLIA, Magnolia grandifolia. 



This handsome species is usually treated as a wall plant, but in the south 

 of England it grows and flowers well in the open. It is the largest leaved 

 and noblest of our hardy evergreen trees. May — October. 



Flowers white, lemon scented, 6-9 ins. diam., solitary, terminal, erect ; 

 Petals 9-12; Fruit an etaerio of follicles cohering in a kind of cone; seeds 

 with an aril-like scarlet testa, suspended by slender threads. 



Leaves alternate, oval-oblong, petiolate, exstipulate, entire, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, upper surface bright green and shining, reddish-brown beneath, 

 6-12 ins. long, 4 ins. broad. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, 20-30 ft. ; freely branching and forming 

 a pyramidal head ; Branehlets green to brown ; Bark rough ; Wood soft 

 and white. 



Known also as Evergreen Magnolia and Bull Bay ; in forests of North 

 Carolina and adjacent States grows to height of 100 ft. ; introduced 1737. 



GREAT-LEAVED MAGNOLIA, Magnolia macrophylla. 



Gardens. A handsome tree, possessing the largest flowers and largest 

 leaves of any tree brought from America. Here it is somewhat tender. 

 May, June. 



Flowers white, fragrant, 8-10 ins. diam., solitary ; Petals 6-9, ovate- 



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