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Under cultivation the species of Magnolia are generally 

 propagated by layers put down in spring or autumn. AVhen the 

 layers are first taken off, they should be potted in a mixture of 

 loam and peat in a close frame till they have taken fresh root. 

 Xone of the leaves should be taken off or their tops shortened ; the 

 more branches and leaves are on them the sooner they will 

 strike fresh root. The Chinese kinds are often inarched or budded 

 on M. ohovata, which takes readily. M. j^umila, M. fascata, M. 

 amoncefolia, and any of the weak -growing kinds, strike readily 

 from cuttings taken off as soon as ripe, and planted in a pot of 

 sand and placed under a hand-glass. 



M.ylahra and M. longifolia like a peat soil and a moist situation. 



When plants are raised from seeds, these should be sown as 

 soon after their arrival from their place of production as possible, 

 in pots or boxes of light rich earth, covering them half an inch 

 deep ; these may be placed either in a hot-bed, or in a warm, 

 sheltered situation, or in a warm climate they may be sown in 

 the open ground, and when the plants are of sufficient size they 

 can be planted out singly, and should then be shaded until they 

 take fresh root. In transplanting, none of the roots or leaves 

 should be shortened. 



Talauma. 



One of the genera of Magnoliace^e, so called from the native 

 name applied to some of the South American species. The genus 

 consists of magnificent trees and shrubs, resembling magnolias, 

 and belonging to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Old and 

 Xew World. They are remarkable for their fine fragrant flowers. 



T. Plumiera, Swartz, Flora Indica occidentalis, ii., p. 297 ; Syn. 

 Magnolia Plumiera, Swartz, Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium 

 Indie occidentalis, p. 87 ; Anona docUcapdala, Lam. Die, ii., p. 

 127. T. ca'Tulea, Jaume St. Hilaire, exposition des families 

 naturelles, ii., p. 76. A tree of 50 to 80 feet in height ; native of 

 Martinique, Guadaloupe and Ste. Lucie. Leaves ovate-roundish, 

 somewhat cuneated at the base, coriaceous, smooth, reticulately 

 veined. Flowers large, white, sweet-scented, solitary on the tops 

 of the branches ; petals 12, thick, oblong, obtuse. The flowers are 

 used by the distillers in Martinique to flavour liqueurs. 



