. 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. -,-* —• ^*^^ l'*l 6 MAONOtIA ORANDIFLORA, Strobiles have dropped off, or any dead or decayed wood, and branches which cross and rub on each other. For a few years after benig planted as a standard, it may be advisable to protect it during winter, by f«>rming a small cono ot thatch or straw ro
. 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. -,-* —• ^*^^ l'*l 6 MAONOtIA ORANDIFLORA, Strobiles have dropped off, or any dead or decayed wood, and branches which cross and rub on each other. For a few years after benig planted as a standard, it may be advisable to protect it during winter, by f«>rming a small cono ot thatch or straw round the stem, after the manner ot M. IJoursault, of Pans, as described in Lovidon's " ; CamaUies. In southern Florida, the l-lpidcndrum conopseum grows parasiti- cally upon the Magnolia grandiflora and other trees. .^ , , Properlics and Uses. Tiie medicinal virtncs of this magnificent tree were familiar to the southern Indians, while they were accustomed proudly to point it out as the glory of the forest. Tiie bark of its roots was used by them m t lor- ida, in combination with snake-root, as a substitute for the Peruvian bark, in tlie treatment of intermittents. " If fever's forvlil rago GlowM in tlio boiling veins," * * * * ***** " Tlicy woo'd tliy polcnl spell, \ grandilliira ; to snpply Tlie ^laco of funi'd Cinclioiui, wliosc much brow Now ruddy, and anon with paleness niark'd, Drinkti in its native lied, tlio yenial gaies Of inouiitainoua I'; Traits op the Aborioines, The wood of this tree is but little used in the arts or for fuel. It is soft, and remarkable for its whiteness, which it preserves even after it is seasoned, and when dry, weighs from twenty-seven to thirty pounds to a cubic loot. U is easily wrought, and is not liable to warp; but when exposed to the alternations of moisture and dryness, it soon decays. For this reason the boards are used only in joinery in the interior of buildings In trees from fi
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