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stipule, and that the fruit is dissimilar in some respects, 

 particularly in its becoming a large cone. These trees must 

 be seen in America before we can form any conception of 

 their splendour. A petted Magnolia nailed up against a 

 south wall in an English garden, gives a very poor idea of 

 the magnificent trees to be seen there, sometimes ninety 

 feet in height which is higher than the highest trees we 

 see in England ; whilst the profusion of their large white 

 blossoms, just delicately tinted, is beautifully contrasted by 

 the background of shining dark green leaves. 



Of the herbaceous plants, more seems to be known of 

 what do not grow there, than of those that do. Different 

 kinds of Golden Eod (Solidago) and of Asters appear to 

 prevail ; so that the kingdoms of these two genera are fixed 

 here by Schouw. There is also an abundance of different 

 kinds of Whortleberry ( Faccinium) \ but though in Europe 

 they generally grow in the same situation as the Heath, no 

 Heaths are met with in this part of the world. There are 

 also very few of the Cruciferous and Umbelliferous tribes, 

 and a deficiency of those branches of the Composite family 

 which, like the Dandelion (Taraxacum] and Chicory (Cicho- 

 rium)j have all the florets strap-shaped, as well as of that 

 other division of the same Order, in which most of the 



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