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6. Magnolia Umbrella, Lain. 



Umbrella Tree. Elk-wood. 



Southeastern Pennsylvania, southward along the Alleghany Mountains 

 to central Alabama, westward through Kentucky and Tennessee to north- 

 eastern Mississippi ; and in central and southwestern Arkansas. 



A small tree, rarely exceeding 12 metres in height, with a trunk 0.10 

 to 0.40 metre in diameter ; rich, shady hillsides ; most common and 

 reaching its greatest development along the western slopes of the southern 

 Alleghany Mountains. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, close-grained, compact; medullary rays 

 very numerous, thin ; color brown, the heavier sap-wood nearly white. 



7. Magnolia Fraseri, Walt. 



Long-leaved Cucumber Tree. 



Alleghany Mountains, from Virginia southward to western Florida 

 and southern Alabama, extending west to the valley of Pearl River, 

 Mississippi. 



A small tree, 8 to 12 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 metre 

 in diameter ; rich woods. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays 

 very numerous, thin ; color brown, the sap-wood nearly white. 



8. Liriodendron Tulipifera, L. 



Tulip Tree. Yellow Poplar. White-wood. 



Southwestern Vermont, through western New England, southward to 

 northern Florida ; west through New York, Ontario, and Michigan to 

 Lake Michigan, south of latitude 43° 30'; and south to latitude 31° in 

 the Gulf States east of the Mississippi River; extending west to south- 

 eastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. 



A large and valuable tree, 30 to 60 metres in height, with a trunk 

 2 to 4 metres in diameter ; rich woods and intervale lands, reaching its 

 greatest development in the valley of the lower Wabash River and along 

 the western slopes of the Alleghany Mountains in Tennessee and North 

 Carolina. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, very close straight-grained, com- 

 pact, easily worked ; medullary rays numerous, not prominent ; color 

 light yellow or brown, the thin sap-wood nearly white ; largely manufac- 

 tured into lumber, and used for construction, interior finish, shingles, in 

 boat-building, and especially in the manufacture of wooden pumps, wooden- 

 ware, etc. ; varieties varying in color and grain are recognized. 



Liriodendrin, a stimulant tonic, with diaphoretic properties, is obtained 

 by macerating the inner bark, especially of the root. 



