. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. 24 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. luxuriant, sweet-flowered magnolias. The somewhat tulip-shaped flowers, which come late in spring, are three inches wide, greenish yellow-white, and Magnolia acuminata. The leaves are rather tliin, dark green above, lighter green and slightly downy below, and they measure from seven to ten inches in length. They are widely distributed along, the branch and not clustered at the end. The pink-red seeds of the peculiar, curved fruit-cone ripen in aiitumn; * when green, the cone resembles a small cucumber; it
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. 24 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. luxuriant, sweet-flowered magnolias. The somewhat tulip-shaped flowers, which come late in spring, are three inches wide, greenish yellow-white, and Magnolia acuminata. The leaves are rather tliin, dark green above, lighter green and slightly downy below, and they measure from seven to ten inches in length. They are widely distributed along, the branch and not clustered at the end. The pink-red seeds of the peculiar, curved fruit-cone ripen in aiitumn; * when green, the cone resembles a small cucumber; it is about two or three inches long. The wood is soft, durable, and light; it has been extensively used for pump logs and water troughs. This tree grows wild from western Ifew York southwestward to Arkansas, and southward to southern Alabama; it is one of the largest of * The seeds, on being released from the pods, hang suspended bv little white filaments, like those of the great and small mag- 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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