. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE MAGNOLIAS, ETC. 21 pand to their normal size in the North. The mag- noKa in New Orleans is quite a giant compared with his fellow which has been exiled to bleak 'New Eng- land. Away from the Southern swamps or the pictur- esque streets and gardens of Mobile and New Or- leans, separated from its natural associates, the pecan, cypress, and fig tree, the magnoha can not be seen in the prime of its strength and beauty. The finest of the species is the great- Great-flowered MagnoUa, or fiowered magnolia, or bull bay. In BuUBay, the South this Magnolia
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE MAGNOLIAS, ETC. 21 pand to their normal size in the North. The mag- noKa in New Orleans is quite a giant compared with his fellow which has been exiled to bleak 'New Eng- land. Away from the Southern swamps or the pictur- esque streets and gardens of Mobile and New Or- leans, separated from its natural associates, the pecan, cypress, and fig tree, the magnoha can not be seen in the prime of its strength and beauty. The finest of the species is the great- Great-flowered MagnoUa, or fiowered magnolia, or bull bay. In BuUBay, the South this Magnolia beautiful graniifiora^ //. MagnoUa fceUda. tree. Magnolia grandiflora. reaches a height of from 60 to 80 feet; its trunk, which is not infrequently as much as four feet in diameter, is of a harsh brown gray color, and is cov- ered with scales about an inch in length. The deep-. 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 original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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