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donga Japonica pannosa, Nova Anglica, oxyphillas and scolo- 

 pendrifolium, are all new varieties, for arboretums or very 

 full collections. 



MAGNOLIA. 



There are several newly introduced varieties of this beauti- 

 ful tree which deserve attention : among them may be men- 

 tioned, M. Thompsoniana, a fine distinct variety, probably a 

 cross between glauca and tripetala, quite as hardy with us as 

 either parent. 



M. speciosa, M. grctcilis, M. Alexandria and M. Nort- 

 bertiana. These four varieties so closely resemble M. Soulan- 

 giana, that we think they can be only seedlings, differing a 

 little in the mingling of the white and purple, which is the color 

 of their flowers. 



M. Nortbertiana, being whiter in its flowers, may probably be 

 a seedling or variety of M. conspicua ; M. gracilis is unques- 

 tionably only a more slender delicate variety of M. purpurea* 

 having much darker flowers, especially when half expanded ; 

 M. Alexandrina flowers earlier than its parent. 



Another desirable variety is M. longifolia. which is often con- 

 founded with and sold for M. Thompsoniana, and is intermediate 

 in appearance between M. tr-ipetala and M. glauca ; the leaves 

 are acute at both ends, longer than Thompsoniana, and resem- 

 bling tripctala, but thicker, smaller, and glaucous underneath ; 

 the flowers are very sweet but not as large as M. Thomp- 

 soniana. 



M. galissoniere. A plant of which we imported from France 

 two years since, is said to be the only variety of the M. grandi- 

 flora, which will stand our climate, and as it resists the cold of 

 the north of France, it is not impossible it may be acclimatized 

 here. We do not know that it has been sufficiently tested at 

 present to be able to class it among our hardy magnolias. 



