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stances of the neglect with which we treat our finest native 

 trees. 



A better and more widely known June flowering mag- 

 nolia is M. glauca, the common, sweet-scented, white swamp 

 magnolia often sold by boys in our railroad cars. Of all 

 the better-known magnolias, whether American or Asiatic, 

 this has by far the sweetest scent. It is a comparatively 

 low-growing shrub, however, and bears numerous flowers, 

 therein differing greatly from most other summer-blooming 

 magnolias. 



There are two or three interesting varieties of Magnolia 

 glauca, such as M. Thompsoniana and longifoUa. The 

 first is remarkable for its sweet odor, and the latter for long, 

 ornamental leaves, and also for a harder nature than M. 

 Thompsoniana, which is sometimes lacking in this respect. 

 M. glauca is generally quite hardy, although I have known 

 winters severe enough to nip its young growth, especially 

 if that young growth was not sufficiently matured during 

 the previous fall. 



But of all American deciduous magnolias, the most 

 noteworthy is the great Magnolia macrophylla with large 

 leaves two feet in length, and so like in size and general 

 aspect to those of the palm of the tropics, that scarcely any 

 other hardy tree of the North suggests Oriental vigor in the 

 same degree. Amid these huge broad leaves, we find great 

 up-like flowers, which are curiously monstrous, rather than 

 beautiful. A foot wide the white petals extend, and the 

 cup in the centre Avould hold nectar for the quaffing of gods 

 rather than fairies, who are usually credited with using 

 flowers for chalices. It is to be regretted that this great 



