. 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. cent underneath. Petals 9-12, exterior ones imid^^ Description. V| HE dimonsions of the Magiio- I - lia tiinbrcUa are such as to form a connecting,' Mnk be- — »>- - twcoii the lai-tj;e . and trees ot the third order; ahhough it sometimes rises to the height of thirt
. 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. cent underneath. Petals 9-12, exterior ones imid^^ Description. V| HE dimonsions of the Magiio- I - lia tiinbrcUa are such as to form a connecting,' Mnk be- — »>- - twcoii the lai-tj;e . and trees ot the third order; ahhough it sometimes rises to the height of thirty-five or forty feet, witli a diam- eter ot hve or six inches, it rarely attains this size. Ihe stem .s sehlom erect, hnt generally inclined, and rises, liom the root in twos or threes. The bark on the trunk is gray, smooth, and polished, and if cut when green, exhales a disagreeable odour. The leaves arc eighteen or twenty inches long, and seven or eight inches broad. They are thin, oval, and uciiminat^ at both extremities. They arc often disposed in ra v's ,iif the extremity of vigorous shoots; and Mirse disi). ly a surftice of two and a half feet in diameter, in the' form of an umbrella. 'J'he flowers, which open in May or June, arc seven or eight inches in diameter with large, white, flaccid petals. They arc placed on ^^6TZ^^'^''4^r'f' f ""^^' '^^^^ ^^1 '^"!-"'"'^' ^"^"••i-"^ appearance, aia a strong odour. 1 he fruit is five or six inches long, and about two inches mu'.mcter. It ripens m America about the beginning of October and about th same period in England and Prance. It is conical in its form of a beautS rose-colour, and usually contains from fifty to sixty pale-red seed' ^'^"*^*"^ vcrc raided iiom sCeds which had been lecuudaled with the pollen 6f the Mag-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of t
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