Georgia in 1773, was delighted with the 
beauty of these trees, which he met: with i in 
immense numbers, and which he calls the 
glorious Magnolias. Their usual height, he 
informs us, is one hundred feet, and some 
greatly exceed that; the trunk perfectly 
erect, rising like a column, and supporting a 
head like an obtuse cone, the dark green 
foliage silvered over with milk white flowers, 
which perfume the whole atmosphere, and 
are so large as t to be distinctly visible at the 
distance of a mile or more. 
