. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. ever forms tracts of exclusive forests, butis found scattered among Chestnut Oaks,Large-leaf and other Magnolias, Rhododen-drons, the Y(dlow Buckeye, and other treeswliich clothe the slopes of tlie Alleghany Moun-tains. It is vigorous and quite hardy as far northas central New York and is largely plantedas an ornamental shade tree, for which use itis peculiarly appropriate. It takes its commonname from the resemblance to an umbrellafound in its radiating clusters of leaves at theextremitie
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. ever forms tracts of exclusive forests, butis found scattered among Chestnut Oaks,Large-leaf and other Magnolias, Rhododen-drons, the Y(dlow Buckeye, and other treeswliich clothe the slopes of tlie Alleghany Moun-tains. It is vigorous and quite hardy as far northas central New York and is largely plantedas an ornamental shade tree, for which use itis peculiarly appropriate. It takes its commonname from the resemblance to an umbrellafound in its radiating clusters of leaves at theextremities of its branchlets. Its wood is light and soft, a cubic foot when perfectly dry weighing lbs. Leaves chistered at the ends of the , oliovate-obloni;, cunoate at base, acuteat apex and at maturity glalirous above, palerbeneath. Flotrcrs white ill-scented, cup-shaped, in. deep ; sepals light green ; petals 6-0 white,concave, those of the outer row largest: fila-ments light purple. Fruit 2%-4 in. long, ovoid-oblong, glabrous, light red. 1. Macinolia Vmhrella Lam. :. V \ ) ^. FRASER MAGNOLIA. LONG-LEAF OR EAR-LEAF CUCUMBER-TREE. Magnolia Fraseri Walt.
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