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TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



and young seedlings are very rarely found in the forest, although 

 the tree flowers and matures fruit not only regularly but, for the 

 most part, abundantly as well. 



The long thick leathery evergreen leaves are downy underneath, 

 and remain npon the tree for two years. The fragrant creamy- 

 white flowers are very large and conspicuous, often 7 or 8 inches 

 across. The oval fruit is rusty brown in color, 3 to 4 inches long 

 by Ih to 2h inches broad. The winter-buds are thickly covered 

 with dark rusty hairs. The roots, finely divided, penetrate the 

 soil to a moderate depth. 



The wood is moderately hard, close-grained, not strong, easily 

 worked, not durable in contact -with the soil, and is as valuable 

 as that of the other magnolias; creamy-white in color; the thick 

 sapwood nearly white. Although well suited for cabinet work 

 and interior finish, the wood is little used except for fuel. 



Magnolia glauca, Linnajus. 

 (white bay. sweet bay. swamp bay.) 



A slender tree, with gray branches and light brown small-scaled 

 bark, reaching a height of 70 and a diameter of 3| feet. 



It occurs in deep, wet swamps as far north as Massachusetts, 

 where it is reduced to a low shrub, and extends from New Jersey 



MAP OF 



NORTH CAROLINA 



COASTAL PLAINREGION 



LEGEND 

 Distribution of the WHITE BAY 

 ' (Magnolia glauca, Z.) 



j Distribution of the MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA 

 1 (Magnolia f raseri, IVai/.) 



its best development, and southern Texas. It is not found in the 



