TREES AND SHRUBS. 05 







does not know the large pure white blossoms, shaped 

 like inverted bells, ringing-in the Springtime as it 

 were, wherever they can find room on the tree to open 

 their lovely throats ? Even the smoke of towns cannot 

 silence them or diminish their dainty scent. Grown 

 against a wall which has already some dark-coloured 







evergreen upon it is the best way to see it, for its 

 blossoms need to be protected from the angry blasts 

 of Spring, and its leaves do not appear until the last 

 flower lias sounded its joyous note. March is the best 

 month in which to transplant it. but after this has 

 been done the wood must never be allowed to get too 

 dry, and the scorching sun and dry winds must be 

 kept away until it is well settled in its new home. 

 Where it finds a fairly rich and open soil it will grow 

 to a height of about 50 ft. Ripe seed when sown 

 should be kept moist and in a close frame, in which 

 way, too, layers will be found to strike root. 



Magnolia glauca 



Is known as the Sweet Bay of East United States. 

 Lt grows there in marshy places, and, with us too, it 

 seems to do best in a moist peaty soil, but it is 

 strangely capricious, and will not always do well ; 

 however, where it does thrive, it makes a very pretty 

 tree about 14- ft. high, with glossy green leaves that 



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