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6 inclies long, and about 2 in. in diameter ; it is of a beautiful rose colour, and 

 contains usually from 50 to 60 seeds. This species is very hardy, and can 

 withstand the most rigorous winters, when the summer has been sufficiently 

 hot to ri[)en the wood thoroughly. As it is a short-lived tree, and conse- 

 quently flowers early, there is not the same objection to raisinr; plants of it 

 from seed, as there is to raising plants in that manner of M. grandiflora, 

 which is along-lived species. The soil should be a deep, rich, sandy loam, and 

 the situation sheltered and shaded. Exposure to the sun is injurious ; and, 

 trained against a south wall, the plant suffers extremely. A sheltered glade 

 in a shrubbery or wood, where the tree is sufficiently distant from others not to 

 be injured by their roots, is the most desirable site. In the nurseries it is 

 almost always propagated by seeds, which should be sown immediately after 

 they are gatheretl, as when they are left exposed they become rancid and lose 

 their vital qualities ; though, if enveloped in moist moss or earth, they may be 

 preserved for several months. The plants should be kept in pots until 

 required for final transplanting. 



t 4. M. macrophy'lla Mx. The long-leaved Magnolia. 



Identification. Mich. Bor. Araer., 1. p. 327. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 80. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 83. ; Tor. 



and Gray, 1. p. 43. 

 Synnnymes. Large-leaved Umbrella Tree, Amer. ; Magnbl^a Michauxij Hort. ; Magnolier k grandes 



FeuiUes, Magnolier bannanier, Fr.; grosseblattrige Bieberbaum, Ger. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., 2189. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit. vol. v. ; and OMV fig. 38. 



Spec. CIiar.,^c. Deciduous. Leaves very large, oblong-obovate, somewhat pandu- 

 riform, cordate at the base, under surface whitish, glaucous. Petals 6 9, 

 ovate. {Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. North Caro- 

 lina and Georgia. Height 30ft. to 40ft. in America; 15ft. to 30 ft. in 

 England. Introduced in 1800. Flowers wiiite, with a purple spot near 

 the base of each petal: Sin. to 10 in. in diameter, fragrant; June and 

 July. Strobile rose-coloured ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellow, 

 brown, or black. Naked young wood of a whitish brown. 



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