PART IV 



TREES WITH SHOWY FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



The Magnolias — The Dogwoods — The Viburnums 

 The Mountain Ashes — The Rhododendron — The 

 Mountain Laurel — The ]\L\drona — The Sorrel 

 Tree — The Silver Bell Trees — The Sweet Leaf 

 — ^The Fringe Tree — The Laurel Family — The 

 Witch Hazel — The Burning Bush — The Sumachs 

 — The Smoke Tree — The Hollies 



THE IVIAGNOLIAS 



Four of the ten genera in the magnoHa family are repre- 

 sented in North America. Of these, two are trees. All 

 are known by their large, simple, alternate leaves, with 

 margins entire; their showy, solitary, terminal flowers, 

 perfect and with all parts distinct; and their cone- 

 like fruits, compounded of many one- or two-seeded 

 follicles, shingling over each other upon a central spike. 

 The wood is soft and light throughout the family, and the 

 roots are fleshy. The sap is watery and the bark is bitter 

 and aromatic. 



The genus magnolia, named by Linnaeus in honor of 

 Pierre Magnol, a French botanist, includes twenty species; 

 twelve are native to eastern and southern Asia, two to 

 Mexico, and six to eastern North America. They are of 



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