Field and Forest 



DEVOTED TO 



GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY. 



Vol. I.— OCTOBER & NOVEMBER, 1875.— Nos. 5 & 6. 



Rare and Noteworthy Trees in W^ashington. 



Nearly all our native species of Magnolia are represented in the 

 public grounds of the city ; only a few however by specimens of good 

 size. Lafayette Park, the Smithsonian and Capitol grounds contain 

 several beautiful trees of Magnolia grandifiora ; there are also others 

 in private grounds. 



A fine young tree of M. inacrophylla stands opposite the entrance 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, its large glaucous leaves having a trop- 

 ical luxuriance. Magnolia , acuminata and Magnolia, ttmbrolla are 

 also represented by several very good specimens ; of the latter Mr. 

 John Saul has a large and handsome tree at his nursery. 



The tulip-tree {Liriodendron tulipifera^ is entirely at home here 

 and several of the public grounds contain very attractive specimens. 

 In regular outline and beautiful foliage it is perhaps the peer of any 

 american tree, and the street commissioners have shown their appre- 

 ciation of its merits by making it the shade tree on some of the streets. 

 In Lafayette Park there is a small tree of Gordonia pubescens, 

 perhaps 15 ft. in height. In July it begins to put forth its 

 beautiful white flowers, resembling those of Camellia, and of these 

 a succession is kept up until the approach of frost. It is entirely 

 hardy and deserving of more attention than it receives. Mr. John 

 Saul has a fine stock at his 7th street nursery. 



All the species oiAesculus or Buckeye belonging to the eastern por- 

 tion of the United States are represented in the public grounds, nota- 

 bly in the Smithsonian and Capital grounds, and somewhat in the 



