. West Virginia trees. Flowers.—April-June; perfect, upright, solitary, bell-shaped,greenish-yellow, about 3 inches long. Fruit.—Matures in autumn; fleshy, cucumber-shaped, about 2^inches long, composed of 1-2-seeded carpels; seeds scarlet, drupe-like, attached by slender extensile threads. Bark.—Grayish-brown, furrowed, with loose scales. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, durable, yellowish, resemblingYellow Poplar, and used for interior finish and other purposes inbuildings. Range.—New York to Georgia, west to Kansas. Distribution in West Virginia.—With other hardwoods through-out the State.
. West Virginia trees. Flowers.—April-June; perfect, upright, solitary, bell-shaped,greenish-yellow, about 3 inches long. Fruit.—Matures in autumn; fleshy, cucumber-shaped, about 2^inches long, composed of 1-2-seeded carpels; seeds scarlet, drupe-like, attached by slender extensile threads. Bark.—Grayish-brown, furrowed, with loose scales. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, durable, yellowish, resemblingYellow Poplar, and used for interior finish and other purposes inbuildings. Range.—New York to Georgia, west to Kansas. Distribution in West Virginia.—With other hardwoods through-out the State. Most plentiful in the mountainous and high hillysections. Habitat.—Prefers rich soils of bottoms and hillsides. Notes.—The Cucumber is valuable as a forest and shade tree andshould be propagated for these purposes. It can be distinguishedfrom the other West Virginia magnolias by its smaller leaves, itsgreenish-yellow flowers, and its usually larger size. 126 W. AA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. UMBRELLA TREE September, 1920] WEST VIRGINIA TREES 127 UMBRELLA TREEMagnolia tripetala, L. Form.—Height 25-50 feet, diameter 10-15 inches; trunk straight,with spreading branches which form a broad, round-topped crown. Leaves.—Alternate, arranged near the ends of the Ijranches in anuml)relia-like circle, simple, obovate-lanceolate, pointed at both ends,12-24 inches long, with short stout petioles, entire, smooth on bothsides when old. Flowers.—Appear in May; perfect, solitary, erect, surrounded bya whorl of leaves, petals creamy white, 4-5 inches long, slightlyscented. Fruit.—Matures in autumn ; cylindric or oljlong. cone-like, 2-4inches long, fleshy, composed of numerous rose-colored follicles w^hichsplit on the back at maturity and liberate small flat, red seeds. Bark.—Smooth, light gray, sometimes roughened by scatteredirregular projections. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, not strong, light brown, withwhite sapw^ood. Range.—Southern Pennsylvani
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