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1 MAGNOLia trip'etala L. 

 The three-petaled Magnolia, or Umbrella tree. 



Fig. I. The Three-Petaled Magnolia. 

 Synonymes. M. umbr611a Lamb. M. frondosa Salisb. 

 Engravings. Michaux Arb., vol. 3, pi. 5. Arboretum Brit., vol. 5, 

 pi. 6, and our fig. 1. 



Geography. — The Magnolia tripetala, is a native of the 

 United States, growing, according to Michaux, from the nor- 

 thern part of New York State to Georgia, but found only, 

 over this great extent of country, in somewhat shady places 

 and in strong, deep and fertile soils. In some parts of North 

 Carolina and Georgia, it is only found on deep soils near the 

 banks of rivers, and in company with the M. grandiflora. 



Description. — This species, though one of the most gener- 

 ally cultivated, is yet rare in plantations of trees. It is per- 

 fectly hardy in the climate of New England, and is of mod- 

 erately rapid growth, making shoots three or four feet long 

 in a season ; when quite young, the ends of the shoots are 

 sometimes slightly injured by early frosts when the wood is 

 not ripe, but the roots soon throw up strong shoots, which 

 take the place of those destroyed. The tree attains the 



