CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



C. Leaves decidedly auriculate or cordate at the base. (D.) 

 D. Leaves very large (1 to 3 ft. long) 5. 



D. Leaves smaller and much clustered at the tips of the 

 flowering branches 6. 



C. Leaves not conspicuously cordate at base. (E.) 



E. Leaves clustered at the tips of the flowering branches 7. 

 E. Leaves scattered along the branches. (F.) 



F. Base of leaf abrupt 3, 4. 



F. Base of leaf tapering. (G.) 

 G. Leaves quite large, about 1 ft. long; a very erect 



growing tree 8. 



G. Leaves smaller, medium thick, glossy above 2. 



medium thin (5 to 10 in. long) . . .3. 



1. Magnolia grandiflora, L. (LARGE- 



FLOWERED MAGNOLIA. SOUTHE RN EVER- 



GREEN MAGNOLIA.) Leaves evergreen, 

 thick, oval-oblong ; upper surface glossy, 

 under surface somewhat rusty. Flowers 

 large, 6 to 10 in. wide, white, fragrant. 

 In spring. Fruit oval, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 ripe in October. Seeds scarlet Splendid 

 evergreen tree (50 to 80 ft.) in the South- 

 ern States ; half hardy, and reduced to 

 a shrub (10 to 20 ft.) when cultivated in 

 the Middle States. 



2. Magnolia glauca, L. (SWEET-BAY. 

 SWAMP-MAGNOLIA.) Leaves quite thick, 



oblong-oval, obtuse, smooth and glossy 

 above, white or rusty pubescent beneath ; 

 evergreen in the Southern States. Leaf- 

 buds silky. Flowers globular, white, and 

 very fragrant. June to August. Fruit 

 about \V Z in. long, ripe in autumn. Shrub, 

 4 to 20 ft. high, in the swamps of the At- 

 lantic States from Massachusetts south- 

 id, giadca. ward. Slender tree, 15 to 30 ft. high, when 

 cultivated in good damp soil. 



3. Magnolia acuminata, L. (CUCUMBER-TREE.) Leaves thin, 

 green above, paler beneath, oblong, usually pointed at both ends, 5 

 to 10 in. long. Leaf-buds silky. Flowers pale yellowish-green, 3 in. 

 wide, late in spring, Fruit irregular-oblong (2 to 3 in. long), rose- 



