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MAGNOLIA , the typical genus of the botanical See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Magnoliaceae, named after See also:Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), See also:professor of See also:medicine and See also:botany at See also:Montpellier. It contains about twenty
See also:species, distributed in See also:Japan, See also:China and the Himalayas, as well as in See also:North See also:America.
Magnolias are trees or shrubs with See also:deciduous or rarely See also:evergreen foliage. They See also:bear conspicuous and often large, fragrant, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, See also:rose or See also:purple See also:flowers. The sepals are three in number, the petals six to twelve, in two to four See also:series of three in each, the stamens and carpels being numerous. The See also:fruit consists of a number of follicles which are See also:borne on a more or less conical receptacle, and dehisce along the See also:outer edge to allow the See also:scarlet or See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown seeds to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape; the seeds however remain suspended by a See also:long slender See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread (the funicle). Of the old-See also:world species, the earliest in cultivation appears to have been M. Yulan (or M. conspicua) of China, of which the buds were preserved, as well as used medicinally and to See also:season See also:rice; together with the greenhouse species, M. fuscata, it was transported to See also:Europe in 1789, and thence to North America, and is now cultivated in the See also:Middle States. There are many See also:fine forms of M. conspicua, the best being Soulangeana, white tinted with purple, Lenne and stricta. Of the See also:Japanese magnolias, M. Kobus and the purple-flowered M. obovata were met with by See also:Kaempfer in 169o, and were introduced into See also:England in 1709 and 1804 respectively. M. pumila, the See also:dwarf magnolia, from the mountains of See also:Amboyna, is nearly evergreen, and bears deliciously scented flowers; it was introduced in 1786. The See also:Indian species are three in number, M. globosa, allied to M. conspicua of Japan, M. sphenocarpa, and, the most magnificent of all magnolias, M. Campbellii, which forms a conspicuous feature in the scenery and vegetation of See also:Darjeeling. It was discovered by Dr See also:Griffith in See also:Bhutan, and is a large See also:forest See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree, abounding on the outer ranges of See also:Sikkim, 8o to 150 ft. high, and from 6 to 12 ft. in girth. The flowers are 6 to lo in. across, appearing before the leaves, and vary from white to a deep rose See also:colour.
The first of the See also:American species brought to Europe (in 1688 by See also:John Banister) was M. glauca, a beautiful evergreen specie-about 15 ft. high with obtuse leathery leaves, See also:blue-See also:green above, silvery underneath, and globular flowers varying from creamy white to.See also:pale yellow with See also:age. It is found in See also:low situations near the See also:sea from See also:Massachusetts to See also:Louisiana—more especially in New See also:Jersey and the Carolinas. M. acuminata, the so-called " See also:cucumber tree," from the resemblance of the See also:young fruits to small cucumbers, ranges from See also:Pennsylvania to Carolina. The
See also:wood is yellow, and used for See also:bowls; the flowers, 3 to 4 in. across, are See also:glaucous green tinted with yellow. It was introduced into England from See also:Virginia about 1736. M. tripetala (or M. See also:umbrella), is known as the " umbrella tree " from the arrangement of the leaves at the ends of the branches resembling somewhat that of the ribs of an umbrella. The flowers, 5 to 8 in. across, are white and have a strong but not disagreeable See also:scent. It was brought to England in 1752. M. Fraseri (or M. auriculata),
Magnolia grandiflora, shoot with See also:flower; rather less than z nat. See also:size.
1. Flower after removal of the sepals and petals, showing the in-definite stamens, s, and carpels, c.
2. Fruit—the ripe carpels are splitting, exposing the seeds, some of which are suspended by the long funicle.
3. Floral See also:diagram, b, bract.
discovered by John Bartram in 1773, is a native of the western parts of the Carolinas and See also:Georgia, extending southward to western See also:Florida and See also:southern See also:Alabama. It grows 30 to 50 ft. high, has leaves a See also:foot or more long, See also:heart-shaped and bluntly auricled at the See also:base, and fragrant pale yellowish-white flowers, 3 to 4 in. across. The most beautiful species of North America is M. grandiflora, the " See also:laurel magnolia," a native of the See also:south-eastern States, and introduced into England in 1734. It grows a straight See also:trunk, 2 ft. in See also:diameter and upwards of 70 ft. high, bearing a profusion of large, powerfully See also:lemon-scented creamy-white flowers. It is an evergreen tree, easily recognized by its glossy green See also:oval oblong leaves with a rusty-brown under See also:surface. In England it is customary to See also:train it against a See also:wall in the colder parts, but it does well as a See also:bush tree; and the See also:original species is surpassed by the See also:Exmouth varieties, which originated as seedlings at See also:Exeter from the tree first raised in England by See also:Sir John Colliton, and which flower much more freely than the See also:parent plant. Other fine magnolias now to be met with in gardens are M. cordata, a North American deciduous tree 40 to 5o ft. high, with heart-shaped leaves, woolly beneath, and yellow flowers lined with purple; M. hypoleuca, a fine Japanese tree 6o ft. high or more, with leaves a foot or more long, 6 to 7 in. broad, the under surface covered with hairs; M. macrophylla, a handsome deciduous North American tree, with smooth whitish bark, and very large beautiful green leaves, 1 to 3 ft. long, 8 to to in. broad, oblong-obovate and heart-shaped at the base; the open sweet-scented See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-shaped flowers 8 to to in. across, are white with a purple blotch at the base of the petals; M. stellata or Halleana, a charming deciduous Japanese See also:shrub remarkable for producing its pure
white starry flowers as See also:early as See also:February and See also:March on the leafless stems; and M. Watsoni, another fine deciduous Japanese bush or small tree with very fragrant pure white flowers 5 to 6 in. across.
The See also:tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, a native of North America, frequently cultivated in England, is also a member of the same See also:family. It reaches a height of over See also:loo ft. in a native See also:condition, and as much as 6o to 8o ft. in England. It resembles the See also:plane tree somewhat in See also:appearance, but is readily recognized by lobed leaves having the apical See also:lobe truncated, and by its soft green and yellow tulip-like flowers—which however are rarely borne on trees under twenty years of age.
For a description of the See also:principal species of magnolia under cultivation see J. Weathers, See also:Practical See also:Guide to See also:Garden See also:Plants, pp. 174 seq., and for a detailed See also:account of the American species see C. S. See also:Sargent, See also:Silva of North America, vol. i.
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