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paring well in dimensions with No. 1. The leaves 

 are 6 to 8 inches long, 3 to 4 broad, and rounded at 

 base. The flowers are 4 to 5 inches broad, white, 

 with a bluish or yellowish tinge, and very slightly 

 odorous. The wood is somewhat similar to that of 

 the Tulip Tree, is fine grained and takes a good 

 polish, but is not so strong and durable. As an 

 ornamental tree it is much admired. 



5. Large-Leaved Umbrella Tree. (M. mac- 

 rophylla, Michx.) — This and No. 3 derive their names 

 of Umbrella Tree from the mode in which their leaves 

 spread from the ends of the branches. It is a rare 

 product east of the Alleghanies, having been found 

 only on the Chattahoochie in Georgia, in Middle 

 Florida, and in Lincoln County of this State. West 

 of the mountains it is more common, though in 

 scattering groups and at wide intervals. In Lincoln 

 it occurs in several places not far from the road 

 between Lincolnton and Tuckaseegee Ford; as near 

 Smith's, the Moore Mine, and Huntersville, six, ten, 

 and eighteen miles from the former place. It chooses 

 cool, rather moist and fertile situations, is from 15 to 

 30 feet high, and without any beauty of form. But 

 its leaves and flowers surpass in size those of any tree 

 or shrub in this country. The former are from 20 to 

 30 inches long, occasionally even longer, clustered at 

 the ends of the branches and spreading from them 

 like an umbrella, their two sides rounded at the base 

 and diverging like ears from the leaf-stem. The 

 flowers are 12 to 14 inches broad, white, with a 



