ON THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MAGNOLIA. 5 



I had a most abundant bloom, and my bed was quite exposed to 

 the hot glowing sun from morn till night. Should it be inferred 

 that my plants must have been burnt up, I reply not at all. I did 

 not neglect them — that is to say, I made it a practice, every morn- 

 ing on rising, to give the bed a very plentiful supply of water 

 between the rows, and repeated the same after the sun had set. I 

 never missed a single day ; so that, notwithstanding the long 

 drought, the soil was like a swamp, or marsh, and such is just 

 what it ought to be. I must not omit to mention that I laid cow- 

 dung between the rows, by which little moisture was lost by evapo- 

 ration ; and from gratifying experience, I can assure the readers 

 of the Cabinet, that an abundant and vigorous bloom can far more 

 easily be secured in a hot dry season, than in a cloudy wet one ; 

 as there is no difficulty in supplying moisture, but we cannot 

 conveniently find a substitute for the glorious orb of day. I regard 

 soil us quite a secondary consideration. Kate B. 



Wandsivorth-Road, Oct. 4tk, 1833. 



ARTICLE V. — A few Remarks on the different Varieties 

 of Magnolia. By MAGNOLIACE.E. 



Having seen the different varieties of Magnolia growing with 

 great splendour in their native climes, and also in some parts of 

 England, induces me to send a few remarks upon the different 

 species, in hopes the same may be a stimulus to their introduction 

 more generally into our pleasure-grounds, where I am confident 

 ilicv would thrive exceedingly well, if properly planted and 

 secured. 



The Magnolia grandijlora, Big Laurel and Large Magnolia of 

 America, and Laurier tulipier of the French, — is first seen in 

 North Carolina, near the river Nuse, in the latitude of 35° 31' ; 

 and proceeding from this point, it is found in the maritime parts 

 of (lie Southern States, and of the Floridas, and as far up the 

 Mississippi as Natcber, 300 miles above New Orleans, which 

 •mbraeea an extent of 2,000 miles. According to Michaud, the 

 Magnolia grandinora claims a place among the largest trees of the 

 United States, as it soiik limes readies ninety feet in height, and 

 three ia diameter; but its ordinary stature is from sixty to seventy 

 feet Its trunk is commonly straight, and its summit nearly in 



