Description ot Native Trees 
5. Water Oak. (Quercus aquatica.) 
LEAF: 2’-4’, simple, alternate, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, 
apex obovate, base wedge-shaped, glossy, thick. NRKANGE: Mary- 
land and south. 
6. Cucumber-tree. Mountain Magnolia. (Magnolia 
acuminata.) 
LEAF: 5-10’, simple, alternate, entire, oblong, apex pointed, 
green both sides, thin. FLOWER: 37-4 broad, bell-shaped, 
yellowish-green, single, sepals 3, petals 6-g; May, June. 
FRuIT: 2'-3' long, like small cucumber. RANGE: rich woods, 
New York to Ohio, and south; tallest of magnolias. (Pl. VIII.) 
7. Umbrella-tree. (Magnolia tripetala.) 
LEAF: I°-2°, simple, alternate, entire, lance-oblong, apex and 
base pointed, not thick, many crowded at end of branch in um- 
brella-form. FLOWER: 8’-10' broad, white, slight and disagree- 
able odor, 3 sepals, 6-g petals; May. RANGE: Pennsylvania to 
south and west; a lowtree. (Pl. VIII.) 
8. Papaw. (Asimina triloba.) 
LEAF: 8-12’, simple, alternate, entire, lance-obovate, apex 
pointed, thin. FLOWER: 1% broad, dark purple, single, in 
spring with leaves. RANGE: west New York to Illinois and 
south; lowtree and shrub. (Pl. VII.) 
g. Red-bud. Judas-tree. (Cercis canadensis.) 
LEAF: 3'-5', simple, alternate, entire, roundish, base cordate, 
apex pointed. FLOWER: small, very numerous, reddish-purple, 
almost stemless, covering branches before leaves appear, showy, 
cultivated. RANGE: New York to Illinois and south; low tree 
and shrub. (PI. VI.) 
10. Alternate-leaved Dogwood. (Cornus alternifolia.) 
LEAF: 3-5’, simple, mostly alternate, entire, oval or ovate, 
apex tapering, base acute, whitish beneath, crowded at end of 
branch. FLOWER: small, white, in broad, flat-topped clusters ; 
May, June. Fruit: blue, berry-like; branch greenish; low 
tree, oftener shrub. 
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