THE MAGNOLIAS, ETC. 



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pand to their normal size in the North. The mag- 

 noKa in New Orleans is quite a giant compared with 

 his fellow which has been exiled to bleak 'New Eng- 

 land. Away from the Southern swamps or the pictur- 

 esque streets and gardens of Mobile and New Or- 

 leans, separated from its natural associates, the pecan, 

 cypress, and fig tree, the magnoha can not be seen 

 in the prime of its strength and beauty. 



The finest of the species is the great- 

 Great-flowered 



MagnoUa, or fiowered magnolia, or bull bay. In 



BuUBay, the South this 



Magnolia beautiful 



graniifiora^ //. 



MagnoUa fceUda. tree 



Magnolia grandiflora. 



reaches a height of from 60 to 80 feet; its trunk, 

 which is not infrequently as much as four feet in 

 diameter, is of a harsh brown gray color, and is cov- 

 ered with scales about an inch in length. The deep- 



