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POPULAR FLORA. 



4. Yfm.ow Ci7CDMBER-M. A low tree ; loaves ovnto or a little heart-shaped ; flowers creftni-yeJlow. 



S. ; somctiiiies cultivated at the North. M. cordata. 



i J. UMHRKLLA-TUKEH. Leaves thin, large, those 011 the flowering shoots forming an umhrollii- 



liko circle underneath the blossom ; leaf-huds smootii ; floiver large and white, not awoet-scented, 



ai>i)earing in early sjiriiig ; petals about 4' long, tapering lielow. 

 V K.VU-I.K.WKl) Um»KKI.I-.\-.M. Leaves nearly i' long, amicled at tlie base (Tig. 102). S. Af. Fn'meri, 



6. Common U.M«kk1-I..\-AL Leav(!.s i" to 2" long, tapering into u niiort footstalk. M. Umhrdla, 



7. Tiiere ia, beaides, the (.JkiatI.KAVKD M., with niucii the largest flowers and leaves of all, the h'tter 



2° or 3" long, scattered, heart-siiaped at the base, and wliitedowny beneath ; flower 8' or 10' broad. 

 .S. untl cult, rarely. It does not, belong exactly to eillur the above divisions. M. iiKicniphijt/a. 



8. The I'lUlM-K M.\ii.NOLl.\, from Japan, is a shrul) in some ganiens and grounds, flowering befor© 



the leaves are out. M. puvfiurca^ 





3. CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY. Oni.r AXoXACK.i:. 



Trees or «liMib.s, resembling the Magnoliii family, but tlie 3 |H't;ils of each .set not 



overliii'i»iii;^' e.icli other 

 in the hud ; tlu; hark and 

 foliai,'e not aromatic, l)tit 

 uni)leasant-taste<l ; the 

 sicds hirj^e and hony, 

 tliiMr all)iimeii varif^'.ite<l 

 like a nutmeg,', or cut into 

 .slit«. Leaves entire, de.s- 

 tilute of stipuhs. Only 

 oiu! gcntis in tliis coun- 

 try, Mild one sjiecics com- 

 nmn ; tiie 



1. Common r.Mww. A 



sniiiil tiee, witii dingy- 

 purj)le tloweis appear- 

 ing in early spring rather 

 before the leaves ; the 3 

 outer petals much larger 

 than the 3 inner ones ; 

 fruits eatable when 

 ripe, in nutumn, 2' or 

 3' long. Common West 

 and South along rivers, 

 in rich .soil. 



Asiiuina triloba. 



m 



OCO 



2(i2 



260. Bmnoti of Pnpnw ill flower. Ml. .AstAtncn. 2t>2. Flower with all tmt tin- I'istilstakon 

 i.tTthi'n'.cpt^ul.'. '.'i',:!. Kniiis; twool'tlicmcut tliioush. iiA. .\ sooiUut tliioiit;!! to 

 Sluiw tho varii'L'.iU'd ;illi\iiui?ii. 



