UMBRELLA TREE. 
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3 to 5 inches wide, smooth and entire. The flowers, which appear in 
April, are yellow, with the interior of the petal longitudinally marked with 
several reddish lines. These flowers, though somewhat smaller than those 
of the Cucumber Tree, are nearly 4 inches in diameter. The cones are 
about 3 inches long, and 10 or 12 lines in thickness, of a cylindrical form, 
and of a similar construction to those of the other Magnolias. The seeds 
also are similar in color and arrangement. 
The wood of the Heart-leaved Cucumber Tree resembles, in every 
respect, that of the Cucumber Tree. From its softness and its readiness to 
decay, it is not employed for any determinate use. Besides, the tree is 
rare even in Upper Georgia, being found, as has already been observed, 
only on the elevated banks of the rivers, and never making its appearance 
in forests composed of Oaks, Walnuts, etc. The beauty of its yellow 
flowers, which form an agreeable contrast with its luxuriant foliage, and 
the advantage of resisting an intense degree of cold, are its only recommen- 
dations to amateurs : butin these respects it deserves, as well as any other 
species of the genus, to figure in parks and gardens. 
PLATE LIV. 
A leaf of the natural size. Fig. 1, A flower of half the natural size. Fig. 2, 
A cone with seeds of the natmal size. 
UMBRELLA TREE. 
Magnolia teipetala. M. foliis amplioribus , oblongis, subcuneato-obovalibus, 
calice reflexo. 
Obs. Petala solito novem. 
The Umbrella Tree is first seen in the northern part of the State of New 
York; but it is more multiplied further south, and is common on some of 
the islands in the river Susquehanna, and is still more so in the Southern 
and Western States. It is found in the maritime parts of the Carolinas and 
of Georgia, and 300 miles from the sea, on that part of the Alleghanies 
which traversés these States. The forests which cover the banks of the 
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