. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. in. MAGNOL/.^ CEJE X MAGNO L/^. 2 i ^ 3. MAGN0Y/.4 tripr'tala L. The three-petaled Magnolia. Identification. Lin. Sfi, 2. p. 756.; Michx., 3. p. 90. Synonyines. M. umbrella Lam.^ Nouv. Dtih., Dec. Prod., Don's Mill., Tor. S[ Gray ; M. frondbsa Salisb.; the Umbrella Tree; Umbrella Mi^gnoU
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. in. MAGNOL/.^ CEJE X MAGNO L/^. 2 i ^ 3. MAGN0Y/.4 tripr'tala L. The three-petaled Magnolia. Identification. Lin. Sfi, 2. p. 756.; Michx., 3. p. 90. Synonyines. M. umbrella Lam.^ Nouv. Dtih., Dec. Prod., Don's Mill., Tor. S[ Gray ; M. frondbsa Salisb.; the Umbrella Tree; Umbrella Mi^gnoUa ; Elkwood; Magnolie Parasol, and Arbre Parasol J'V. 5 dreyblattriger Bieberbaum, dreiblattrige Magnolie, Ger. Derivation, This species is called the Umbrella Tree, according to Micbaux, because its leaves, which are thin, oval, entire, and acuminate at both extremities, 18 in. or 20 in. long, and 7 in. or 8 io. broad, are often disposed in rays at the extremity of vigorous shoots; and these display a surface of 2|ft. in diameter, in the form of an umbrella. The tree is called Elkwood in the moun- tains of Virginia, probably from the resemblance which the points of the shoots bear to the horns of the elk. The French names merely signify umbrella tree, and the German ones the three- petaled beaver tree, or magnolia. Engravings. Michx. Arb., 3. t. 5.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 418.; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit. 1st edit, vol. V.; and ourj^. 37. Spec. Char.,S,'c, Deciduous. Leaves lanceolate, spreading, adult ones smooth, younger ones pubescent underneath. Petals 9—12, exterior ones pendent. (Don's Mill., i, p. 83.) A deciduous tree of the middle size, Pennsyl- vania to Georgia, in moist soil. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. in America ; 15 ft. to 30 ft. in England. Introduced in 1752. Flowers white, 7 in. to 8 in. in diameter, with an unpleasant odour; May to July. Strobiles rose- coloured, 4 in. tp 5 in. long ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves dark brown or black. Naked young wo
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