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Additional records are: Montgomery (Evans); Putnam (Grimes) ; 
Knox (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood heavy, very hard and strong, the most 
durable in contact with the soil of any of our post timbers. Used 
principally for fence posts. 
Horticultural value. Sometimes used for ornamental and shade 
tree purposes. Adapted to all kinds of soil, transplants easily and 
will endure all kinds of abuse and an excessive amount of smoke. 
MAGNOLIACEZ. Tue Macnouia Famtty. 
Buds pubescent; leaves entire, fruit fleshy, dehiscent.... 1 Magnolia. 
Buds glabrous; leaves lobed; fruit a cone of dry carpels, 
PEACE TITS COD bese tee Payee IE tetanic ee ieee Geol 2 Liriodendron. 
1. MAGNOLIA. Tue Maenottas. 
(Named for Magnol, a distinguished botanist of Montpellier, France.) 
Magnolia acuminata Linneus. CucumBer TREE. Plate 70. 
Bark furrowed; leaves oblong, some obovate, short-pointed, rounded 
or cordate at the base, in size and shape resembling the leaf of the 
pawpaw, 1-3 dm. (4-12 inches) long, very hairy when young, soon 
smooth and dark green above and smooth or nearly so beneath but 
paler in color; flowers large, about 6 cm. (214 inches) long, bell- 
shaped, pale yellowish-green, appearing in May; fruit cylindrical, 
5-7 em. (2-234 inches) long, 1-2 em. (34-34 inch) wide. 
Distribution. Southern Ontario south along the Appalachian 
Mountains to Alabama and west to Eastern Arkansas. In Indiana 
it is a small tree and has been only rarely found in a few counties 
bordering on the Ohio River. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows:* Clark 
(Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Jefferson (Coulter) and 
(Young); vicinity of New Albany (Clapp); Orange (Elrod and Mc- 
Intyre) and (Ridgway); Tippecanoe (Coulter).** 
Additional records are: Clark (Deam). 
Horticultural value. In the south it is used extensively for shade 
purposes. Large trees are now growing in Indianapolis, Lafayette 
and Laporte, which indicate that it is hardy in Indiana. Its use 
for shade tree planting should be encovraged. It is adapted to a 
rich and moist soil, has a good habit of growth and produces a good 
shade. 
*Reported by Phinney as occurring in eastern-central Indiana. Reference to Phinney’s botany, 
which is now in the Indianapolis Public Library, in which he kept a record of the plants he noted 
says: Those that are marked with an X in black have been noted in Indiana and those marked 
with an X in red have been noted in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Magnolia acuminata is marked 
in red, so this reference should be dropped. 
**From cultivated tree. 
