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Show Tho National Flower. According to Dr. Charles Piokering ("Chronological History of Plants," p. 908), the first reference to Magnolia glauca was made in a report of some navigators in 1CS4, who, proceeding to Roanoke island (North Carolina), found "the trees that beareth rind of the black synamon, of which like Capt Winter brought from the Streights of Magel-laun." Magel-laun." It is found from New York and New Jersey through the Atlantio states, generally near the coast, to Florida, und through the gulf states into Texas. In the southern states it sometimes becomes a large tree, sixty or seventy feet high, with a trunk three or four feet in diameter, diam-eter, and Is an evergreen. It has bfen suggested by some enthusiasts that this should be chosen as the "national flower," flow-er," if we muBt have one. But, although the exquisite beauty and fragrance of the flower make it popular and desirable wherever known, it is recognized and prized by a comparatively small number num-ber of the people. Garden and Forest |