...almost invariably accompanied by the magnolia grandiflora and swamp chestnut oak. It is of humblergrowth than the magnolia grandiflora, seldom attaining to...inches long, and seven or eight broad ; the flowers are while, and seven or eight inches in diameter. The fruit is four or five inches long and two inches...

...growth than the M. grandiflora, seldom attaining to thirty-five feet in height, with a diameter of six inches. The leaves are eighteen or twenty inches...five inches long, and two inches in diameter. The tree is highly ornamental, and very hardy. Introduced into England in 1752. ON THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES...

...bark on the trunk is gray, smooth, and polished, and if cut when green, exhales a disagreeable odour. The leaves are eighteen or twenty inches long, and seven or eight inches broad. They are thin, oval, and acuminate at, both extremities. They are often disposed in rays...

...trunk four or ßve feet iu diameter ; while in some of the Northern States it does not exceed thirty feet in height, with a diameter of five or six inches. The common red oak grows abundantly in Canada and in the Northern States, • especially in the southern...