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only leave the tree bare for a very short time in the 

 year : and from May to July we have the advantage of 

 its globular blossoms, which are quite white when they 

 open but turn yellow before they drop, and their scent 

 is delicious. As with the Magnolia conspicua, q.v., 

 they can be raised from seed or by layers. 



Magnolia grandiflora. 



July and August are the months that bring us the 

 large white blossoms we know so well ; and one 

 can then easily feel with Longfellow, as he sang in 

 ' Evangeline ' : 



' Faint was the air with the odorous breath ol 

 magnolia blossoms.' 



In the open it will grow into a tree quite 70 ft. high, 

 but it is against a house that it will look its best, 

 and cover a large space of wall. There is a strange, 

 irresistible charm, to my mind, about an old Magnolia 

 growing against a house, especially against a white one. 

 It can be raised in the same way as the Magnolia con- 

 spicna, and will readily draw its nourishment from the 

 same soil that makes that tree happy. 



Magnolia stellata. 



The beautiful pure white blossoms of this delicious 

 shrub are given to us at the same time of year as 



