MAGNOLIA STELLATA. 



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ers are scarce, makes them of value also to 

 the commercial florist. But for the busy or 

 inexperienced plant-lover, where little care 

 and attention can be given their culture, or 

 where they are depended upon entirely to 



beautify the garden or to produce a supply 

 of cut flowers, annuals and biennials have 

 often proved to be only a source of disap- 

 pointment and failure. 



Hamilton. W. Hunt. 



MAGNOLIA STELLATA. 



Fig. 204 ur. Magnolia Stellata. 



HE above is a picture of Hall's Japan 

 Magnolia (Halleana) taken last 

 spring during blossoming season. 

 It is of dwarf habit and produces its pure 

 white flowers, that are semi-double and 

 fragrant, before the leaves appear. It is a 

 wonderful little shrub and was obtained 

 eight years ago from the Arnold Arboretum 

 in Boston, and is now a better specimen, I 

 am told, than can be found in those gardens, 

 which is favorable to its hardiness in our 



climate. During the first years 

 after planting, a barrel without 

 top or bottom, was placed over it 

 after hard frosts in autumn, then, 

 as it grew larger, a four-sided 

 enclosure was built around it and 

 last year it was only sheltered on 

 the south and west. It was 

 decided the past winter to leave 

 it unprotected and at this date 

 (the end of February) it is still 

 covered with snow. But I 

 rather doubt the good result of 

 such a stern efi'ort at acclimating, 

 for it may end disastrously when 

 the spring sunshine comes hot 

 and strong, while yet the sap 

 is frozen. 



The idea of gradually getting a 

 plant acclimatized seems feasible, 

 but when a severe winter upsets 

 all our theories, and the subject 

 of our experiment becomes but 

 a lifeless stick, we regret the test. Be that 

 as it may in the future, one thing is sure, 

 that among early flowering shrubs none 

 have such a regal eff"ect as Magnolia 

 Stellata. Place it as this one stands, in a 

 bed of glowing early tulips that glisten and 

 shade like a rainbow, while it is white and 

 still, full of fragrant blossoms and for 

 beauty without a peer. 



Annie L. Jack. 

 Chatauguay Basin, Province of Quebec. 



