No. 418. 
MAGNOLIA AGUMHNATA. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
This is a large tree, a native of North 
America, whence we have been in the habit 
of receiving seeds of it from our venerable 
friend Bartram, for a great many years; we 
have also propagated it by layers, yet with 
difficulty, as they require two or three years 
to get sufficiently rooted. 
In England it will grow to forty feet high 
or more, but in America is much larger. 
Bartram observed some on the Susquehanah 
river above a hundred feet in height. 
Our plant is unquestionably that which 
Professor Decandolle mentions as havi 
seen in flower in the Montpelier garden. 
We think with him that it is very probable 
two species are confounded among his 
synonyms. Catesby’s figure, which is 
quoted by all authors, must be a different 
plant, as the flower bears no resemblance to 
ours. We have lately received a plant from 
M. Parmentier, which he calls M. 
and assures us is different from acuminata. 
