. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. Description. "â ^IIK Gordonia lasian-^> thus, in native \vv , ,. «H H Fi ^ LI (S conniry, is a uoauti- 'v^yv ,_ aift^Si/^ra ful sub-evcrgrecn tree, p^ \|// w a lieiglit ol' lil'ty or .sixty foot, with a J^ "^"^^ /'V/\' jigliteon or twenty inches. The trunk ^ \^ \]y\ growi
. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. Description. "â ^IIK Gordonia lasian-^> thus, in native \vv , ,. «H H Fi ^ LI (S conniry, is a uoauti- 'v^yv ,_ aift^Si/^ra ful sub-evcrgrecn tree, p^ \|// w a lieiglit ol' lil'ty or .sixty foot, with a J^ "^"^^ /'V/\' jigliteon or twenty inches. The trunk ^ \^ \]y\ growing to diameter of ei is often straight, for the first half of its heiglit, and the small divergency of its l)ranchcs gives it a regularly fastigiate form; but, as they ascend, they spread more loosely, hke those of other trees of the forest. The bark is very smooth while the tree is less than six inches in diameter; but, on old trunks, it becomes thick, and deeply fur- rowed. The leaves are from three to six inches in length, alternate, oval-acuminate, slightly toothed, and smooth and shining on the upper surface. The flowers arc more than an inch broad, white, and sweet-scented; they begin to appear about the middle of July, and continue to put forth, in succession, during two or three months. agreeable singularity of bearing flowers when it is only three or four feet high. The fruit is an oval capsule, divided into five compartments, each of which contains small, black, winged .seeds. Geography and History. This tree appears to be confined to the maritime parts of the United States, from Virginia to lower Louisiana. According to Michaux, tracts of fifty or one hundred acres are met with in the pine-barrens, which, being lower than the adjacent ground, are kept constantly moist by the waters collected in them after great rains. These spots are entirely covered with this species and are called bay This tree the. Please note that these images are extracte
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