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tops of Magnolias fully one hundred feet above the ground, with stems 

 from four to six feet in diameter, to the height of fifty or more feet, straight 

 as a line, and without a branch to that height. When left in fields, 

 their tops, naturally inclined to spread, render their aspect majestic ; and 

 one is tempted to try to calculate the many years these noble trees have 

 stood against the blast of the tempest. The wood, which is of excellent 

 quality, being haard and durable, is applied to numerous uses. Its dis- 

 tribution is very extensive in the United States, it being found in the 

 forests from Louisiana to Massachusetts, and in the western countries 

 beyond the Mississippi. 



