374 DECIDUOUS TREES. 



singular figure, somewhat lanceolate, broad towards their ex- 

 tremities, terminating with an acuminate point, and backwards 

 they attenuate and become very narrow towards their bases, ter- 

 minating in two long narrow ears, or lappels, one on each side of 

 the insertion of the petiole." 



The fruit is quite similar to that of the M. tripetela. As this 

 variety is not equal to the M. macrophhlla in size or beauty of leaf 

 and flower, or in symmetry as a tree, it will be found desirable only 

 in a collection where magnolias are made a specialty. It is proba- 

 bly less hardy than the macrophylla or tripetela, but we are not 

 aware that this has been tested. 



THE PYRAMIDAL MAGNOLIA, M. pyramidata, supposed to be a 

 variety of the above, is a much more symmetrical and pyramidal 

 tree, with smaller leaves, and more tree-like form. It is found on 

 the banks of the Altamaha river, in Georgia. We are not aware 

 whether it has been tested at the north. 



THE SWAMP MAGNOLIA, M. glauca, grows wild in swamps as far 

 north as Massachusetts, and is found in abundance from New Jersey 

 to Virginia. " It is rather a large bush than a tree ; with shining, 

 green, laurel-like leaves, four or five inches long, somewhat mealy 

 and glaucous beneath. The blossoms, about three inches broad, 

 are snowy white, and so fragrant that where they abound in swamps 

 their perfume is often perceptible for a quarter of a mile " (Down- 

 ing). If Dr. Kirtland's success in growing this variety on the M. 

 acuminata can become general, we have in this little tree one of 

 the best ornaments of our lawns. It is a scrawny bush grown in 

 dry open ground on its own roots, but does pretty well in a partial 

 shade and deep moist soil. 



The foregoing are all natives of our own country. The follow- 

 ing are natives of China and Japan, or hybrids between those and 

 our own species, which have originated in British gardens. The 

 remarks as to protection and care which have been made of mag- 

 nolias in general, apply to all these. They are about as hardy as 

 the native magnolias. 



