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sown in the autumn after they are ripe ; otherwise they 

 will not come np the first year. Cuttings are sometimes 

 ajDt to rot, owing to water lodging in their tubular stems, 

 above the last joint. To obviate this inconvenience, some 

 make the cuttings of double the usual size, and insert both 

 ends into the ground, leaving the part above ground in 

 the form of a semi-circle. Commonly, however, such 

 cuttings root only at one end. 



LYCIXTM. — Matrimony Vine. 



[Name said to be riained from Lycin. its native counlry.] 



Lycium Barbariim. — Barbary Box-Thorn, Matrimony 

 Vine, Willow-leaved Lycium. — A climbing shrub, which 

 grows from four to six feet in a season, and valuable for 

 covering arbors, naked walls, etc. The foliage delicate, 

 and the whole plant is covered with small, but handsome, 

 violet flowers, from May to August ; these are succeeded 

 by small red berries. It will grow in almost any soil, and 

 is easily propagated by suckers or from cuttings. It may 

 be permitted to ramble, or trained to suit the fancy. 



MAGNOLIA. 



[Named for Magnol, a distinguished Freiioli botanist.] 



Most of the genus are lofty trees, some of them, how- 

 ever, bloom when quite small, and may be considered as 

 shrubs. 



Ma.i^nolia ^laiica. — Small, or Laurel Magnolia, Sweet 

 Bay. — Tiie most northern boundary of the habitation of 

 this beautiful plant is supposed to be in a sheltered 

 swamp, near Cape Ann, and not far from the sea. It is, 

 however, common along the southern coast. 



