' 



Trees Preferring to Grow in Rich Soil: 

 Forests and Thickets. 



// 7i.u7s tiviliglit in the denser woods, 



A II the birds had eeased to sing. 

 And n ivondrous stillness filled the air 



As eaeJi vine did closer climr. 



Not a leaf was stirred on all the trees, 

 ' Twas as though their trunks icere stone. 



On the sultry air all there seemed carved ; 

 Too heavy and sad to moan. 



Had the earth Just rung for evening prayer, 

 The tiviliglit breeze lulled to sleep / 



Or was it a painting, where all is dead, 

 And shadows are long and deep ? 



No voice came the question to answer, 

 Nor sign from the cloudless sky ; 



' Till frightened perhaps by the calmness. 

 Sailed high a white butterfy. 



CUCUMBER TREE. MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA. 



{Plate LX XIV.) 

 Magnolia acuininata. 



FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT 



Miignoliii. Pyraiiihiiii, slvii(h'>\ Cv.>k)o/cft. 



RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Son/lie) )i X. )'. so'.itli- A /^lii-J mtc. 

 -Autni It lul ■7i;\\t7('(ir,/. 



B(7rk : dark; rough. Braiuhlcts : pubescent. Leaf-hiuts : silkv; pubescent. 

 Leaves: simple ; alternate; pctioled and scattered along the branches ; oblong, 

 pointed at the apex and rounded at the base. Dark green above, lighter below 



