120 TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. 
GREAT-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. 
This is one of the most uncommon of our American 
trees. It is not found in abundance anywhere, and is 
chiefly remarkable on account of the size of its leaves 
and flowers. Its leaves are two and three feet long, and 
its flowers from ten to twelve inches across; the wood 
is soft and of no practicable value. The tree is apt to 
be hurt by high winds. 
UMBRELLA-TREE. 
This tree much resembles the great-leaved magnolia 
in the length of its leaves. It is found in deep, rich, cool 
soil, from western New York to the Gulf of Mexico. 
The usual height of the umbrella-tree is about thirty 
feet, which it seldom exceeds. The leaves are from two 
to two and a half feet in length, with a width of from 
six to eight inches, and form quite a beautiful and ar- 
tistic curve, hence the name umbrella-tree. Its flowers 
are large and beautiful, and from six to eight inches in 
breadth. They have quite a sweet though rather heavy 
odor. The terminal buds of this tree are very tender 
and apt to be injured by the cold. It also has a ten- 
dency to throw out suckers at its base; these should be 
carefully trimmed off, or they will sap the body of the tree. 
EAR-LEAVED MAGNOLIA, EAR-LEAVED UMBRELLA-TREE. 
This tree is only found at the base of the Alleghanies. 
Its height is about forty feet, and it is distinguished for 
the beauty of its flowers. Cultivators prefer this species 
to any of its genus, on account of its pleasing fragrance. 
It is hardy around Philadelphia and farther south. It 
is not very plentiful anywhere. Its leaves are from 
eight to twelve inches long, heart-shaped at the base, and 
smooth on both sides. The branches are slenderer than 
the rest of its family. It bears a white flower, from 
five to seven inches in breadth. 
