64 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
colored when ripe, with a few hard, 
bony, black seeds, coated with red 
pulp, ripe in autumn. Large (50 to 
90 ft.) noble forest tree, wild in west- 
ern New York and southward. Wood 
rather soft, yellowish-white, quite du- 
rable, and extensively used for pump 
logs. Occasionally cultivated; fine 
for avenues. 
4, Magnolia cordata, Michx. (YEL- 
LOW CUCUMBER-TREE.) Leaves broadly 
ovate or oval, rarely cordate at base, 
smooth above, white-downy beneath, 
4toGin.long. Flowers lemon-yellow 
slightly streaked with red. June. Fruit nearly 
3 in. long, red when ripe in autumn. A rather 
small, broad-headed tree (20 to 50 ft.), wild in 
the Southern States, but hardy as far north as 
Boston; not often cultivated. Probably an up- 
land variety of the preceding. 
M. acuminata, 
5. Magnolia macrophylla, Michx. (GREAT- 
LEAVED MAGNOLIA.) Leaves very large, some- 
times 3 ft. long, crowded at the summit of the 6 
branches, obovate-oblong, cordate at the nar- M. cordata. 
rowed base, glaucous-white beneath, 
green above ; twigs whitish pubescent. 
Flowers very large (12 in. broad), 
white with a purple spot near the 
base; fragrant. Fruit cylindrical, 4 
in. long, deep rose-colored when ripe 
in autumn. A’medium-sized (30 to 40 
ft.), spreading tree ; wild from Ken- 
tueky south, hardy and cultivated as 
far north as New York City. 
6. Magnolia Fraseri, Walt. (Ear- 
LEAVED UMBRELLA-TREE.) Leaves 
crowded at the ends of the flowering 
branches, obovate or spatulate, au- 
M. macrophylla, riculate at base, smooth (1 ft. long). 
Leaf-buds smooth. Flowers (6 in. wide) white, slightly scented. 
April to May. Fruit 3 to 4 in. long, rose-colored, ripe in autumn. 
