Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, ed · New York, Leavitt & Allen · leaf 429
ame, Gulan, literally lily-tree, is an apt and expressiveone, as the blossoms are not much unlike those of the white lily insize and shape, when fully expanded. Among the Chinese poets,they are considered the emblem of candor and beauty. 336 The engraving is a very correct portrait of a fine… … Portrait of the Chinese White Magnolia in Mr. Downings Grounds. blossoms open upon it at once. The tree has been planted aboutfourteen years, and is now twenty feet high. The branches spreadover a space of fifteen feet in diameter, and the stem, near theground, is eight inches in diameter. Its…
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