. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. STORAX FAMILY Gz/j/jr.—Obconical, four-ribbed, adnate to ovary, four-toothed, tomentose. C^r^/Za.—Campanulate, epigynous, slightly four-lobed, white. Siamens.—Eight to sixteen, inserted on the base of the corolla ; filaments flattened ; anthers oblong, adnate or free at base, introrse, opening longitudinally. Pistil.—0\ inferior, four-celled ; style long, simply stigmatic at apex. Fruit.—Dry, crowned with the calyx limb and tipped by the per- sistent style ; ellipsoidal, four-winged
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. STORAX FAMILY Gz/j/jr.—Obconical, four-ribbed, adnate to ovary, four-toothed, tomentose. C^r^/Za.—Campanulate, epigynous, slightly four-lobed, white. Siamens.—Eight to sixteen, inserted on the base of the corolla ; filaments flattened ; anthers oblong, adnate or free at base, introrse, opening longitudinally. Pistil.—0\ inferior, four-celled ; style long, simply stigmatic at apex. Fruit.—Dry, crowned with the calyx limb and tipped by the per- sistent style ; ellipsoidal, four-winged ; one and a half to two inches long, an inch broad, ripens late and remains on branches till mid- The Silverbell is a most beautiful ornament for lawn or park. A native of the mountainous regions of the south it is perfectly hardy at the north, although in New England it keeps its shrubby form and in the middle west becomes only a small tree. It reaches its greatest size on the western slopes of the mountains of North Caro- lina and Tennessee. Its flowering time is in May. The flower buds have been upon the branches all winter and just as the leaves have fairly put forth, the blossoms appear, and clusters of drooping cream- white bells transform the tree into one great white mass of which every branch, from highest to lowest, drips blossoms. The flowering period lasts about three, weeks and the Silver- bell is worthy to be grouped with the June-berry, the Dog- wood and the Redbud as a flowering tree of rare elegance and beauty. The Snowdrop-tree, Mohrodendron dipterum, is a closely allied species which has developed on the low lands along the southern coast. The two have nearly the same range, Flowers of the Silverbell-tree, Mohrodendron 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 perfectly resemble the origina
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