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large to be removed with safety. There are bushes of this variety in the open 
border, both in the Hammersmith Nursery and at Mile End, between 3 ft. 
and 4ft. high, and 2 ft. and 3 ft. broad, which flower freely every year, with- 
out any protection whatever. Price, in the London nurseries, 5s.; at Boll- 
wyller, ?; and in New York, ?. 
App. i. Half-hardy Magnolias. 
Magnolia fuscata Andr., figured in Bot. Mag., t. 1008., and introduced 
from China in 1789, is common in conservatories. At Claremont it forms a 
large evergreen bush, 15 ft. high; and at Taplow Court, a bush 10 ft. high. 
It flowers in April, May, and June: its fragrance is much more grateful 
than that of the other magnolias, and not at all oppressive. The plant has 
been tried against a conservative wall; and also, in the Goldworth Nursery, in 
the open ground, as a bush; and in both situations, when once firmly esta- 
blished, it is found to endure moderate winters with a little protection. On 
account of its being an evergreen, and from the fragrance of its flowers, which 
are of a dark brownish red or purple, tinged with yellow in the inside of 
the petals, it is a very desirable plant. There are two other species, natives 
of China (M.. anonefolia and M. ptmila), also evergreens, and treated as 
ereen-house or stove plants; but we have not heard of either of them having 
been tried out. Possibly, they may prove nearly as hardy as M. fuscata. 
App. il. Additional Magnolias. 
It is highly probable that there are other species of the genus Magnolia, in 
the mountainous regions of India, and in China, which will endure the open 
air in Britain, though none of these have yet been described by botanists, 
with the exception of some by Dr. Wallich, which are now considered to 
belong to Michélia. Some expected additions of genera closely allied to 
Magnolia will be noticed in the concluding section of this chapter. Possibly, 
by cross fecundation, some mules might be produced, between the species 
mentioned in the preceding paragraph and the hardy species. _ If the refresh- 
ing fragrance of M. fuscita could be thrown into the flowers of M. grandiflora, 
or of any of the other species which continue flowering for a long time, the 
result would be a desirable acquisition. We recommend the subject to the 
attention of ingenious cultivators. 
Genus II. 
LIRIODE’NDRON L. Tue Toure Tree. 
Gen. Char. Carpels 1-2-seeded, disposed in spikes, indehiscent, deciduous, 
drawn out into a wing at the apex. Calyx of 3 deciduous sepals. Corolla 
of 6 petals, conniving into a bell-shaped flower. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 86.) 
— There is only one species; a deciduous tree of the first rank. North 
America. Flowers yellowish, variegated with green, red, and orange. June. 
1688. Height, in England, 70 ft. 
¥ 1. Lirtope’npRon Tuuipi’Frera L. The Tulip-bearing Liriodendron, or 
Tulip Tree. 
Identification, Lin. Sp.,755.; Hayne Dend., 115.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 82..; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 86. 
Synonymes. The Poplar, White Wood, Canoe Wood, the Tulip Tree, Amer. ; Virginian Poplar, Tulip- 
bearing Lily Tree, Saddle Tree, Eng. : 'Tulipier de Virginie, Fr. ; Virginischer Tulipeerbaum, Ger. 
Derivations. This tree is called Liriodéndron, from /ezrion, a lily, and dendron, a tree; from the 
flowers resembling those of a lily, though more correctly those of a tulip, as the specific name im- 
plies. It is called Poplar, from its general resemblance to trees of that genus; White Wood, from 
the colour of its timber ; Canoe Wood, from the use to which it is applied by the native Indians ; 
* Tulip Tree, from its tulip-like flowers ; and Saddle Tree, from the form of its leaves. The French 
and German names are literal translations of the words Virginian tulip tree. 
mh avings. Bot. Mag., 275.; Duh., tom. 3, t. 18.; Willd. Ab., t.29.; Krause, t. 54; E. of 
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