. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 38 TREES GROWING NEAR Magnblia /ietida. shining foliage, throws out its blos- soms, it appears ahiiost as though a great flock of something white and unearthly had alighted among its branches. And as they lean upon the warm, sunny air they exhale a per- fume that is no less mystifying. At least, some lasting impression must cling to those that see it in bloom for the first time. To others, how- ever, that have from childhood walked in the southern streets and gardens shaded by these trees, it is simply said : "
. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. 38 TREES GROWING NEAR Magnblia /ietida. shining foliage, throws out its blos- soms, it appears ahiiost as though a great flock of something white and unearthly had alighted among its branches. And as they lean upon the warm, sunny air they exhale a per- fume that is no less mystifying. At least, some lasting impression must cling to those that see it in bloom for the first time. To others, how- ever, that have from childhood walked in the southern streets and gardens shaded by these trees, it is simply said : " the magnolias are in ; It quite suffices. Undoubtedly the tree is the most beautiful and ornamental one of America and it is to be regretted that while evergreen in the south it is only precari- ously hardy as far northward as Philadelphia. It then blooms as late in the season as early August. As it leaves the coast and travels inland, it seeks for its home the seclusion of the forests instead of the banks of rivers and swamps. On the bluffs of the Mississippi it is also found in a state of splendid development. Rose-beetles seek the flowers just as they are beginning to open and are frequently held prisoners beneath the three inner petals which vault over the stigmas. Here they find, in the early days of spring, a warm and fragrant shelter, and the honey that lies on the stigmas provides for them a continuous feast. AVhen the sepals and petals fall they fly away, laden with pollen in search of another abode ; and so they regularly accomplish the fertilization of the tree. Self-fertilization is prevented from the fact that the stigmas mature before the anthers. The wood of the great-flowered magnolia is more valuable than that of any other one of the genus. It is of a strong and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectl
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