The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company SWAMP MAGNOLIA {Magnolia glauca)Upper one is the seed pod and seed The Magnolias and the Tulip Tree the tree and letting the suckers grow up thickly around thestump. These bear flowers of unusual size, and clean, hand-some leaves. Professor Gifford recommends the systematic planting ofswamp lands in New Jersey to this species of magnolia as a profit-able enterprise. He would prune with care, so as to produce thefinest leaves and flowers.
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company SWAMP MAGNOLIA {Magnolia glauca)Upper one is the seed pod and seed The Magnolias and the Tulip Tree the tree and letting the suckers grow up thickly around thestump. These bear flowers of unusual size, and clean, hand-some leaves. Professor Gifford recommends the systematic planting ofswamp lands in New Jersey to this species of magnolia as a profit-able enterprise. He would prune with care, so as to produce thefinest leaves and flowers. The blooming period covers severalweeks. Cut flowers and leafy branches command good prices inthe markets. Waste land near large cities can be transformedand beautified by this means, and become a source of income tothe owners at small outlay. The prunings are salable for housedecoration at holiday time. The swamp bay is also called white bay, sweet bay andbeaver tree. Beavers used its soft wood for their lodges inearlier times. The English call it laurel magnolia. Sweet bay it is called because its fo
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