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packed in crocks, or boxes, with a liberal supply of slightly moistened sand. 

 It requires attention to preserve the requisite share of moisture till the 

 next spring, and guard against depredations of mice. Thus packed, they 

 can be conveyed to any desired distance. Contracts with our farmer-boys 

 would secure abundant supplies. 



2. M. CoRDATA {Heart-shaped-leaved Magnolia). — The elder Michaux 

 found it in a few and limited localities in Georgia and South Carolina. It 

 was described by him as a new and distinct species. Doubts are enter- 

 tained whether it is other than the acuminata, which is now known to sport 

 in variety. 



The leaves of the cordata are said to be '■'■ broad-ovate, sub-cordate." It 

 had never been introduced into this vicinity until Francis Parkman of Bos- 

 ton kindly sent me several seedlings a year since. Their leaves are oblong 

 and acuminate, hardly distinguishable from the acuminata of our forests. 



At the same time, a seedling acu?ninata, under high cultivation in my 

 garden, exhibits leaves unusually large, and of an ovate and profoundly 

 cordate form. Flowers of the two kinds may present essential specific dif- 

 ferences. Loudon describes the color of the cordata as " white and purple ; " 

 Derby, as "yellow, streaked with red ;" while Meehan sa3's it is "yellow." 

 The colors of the acu?ninata are yellow and glaucous-green, with a slight 

 tinge of blue. Further observation must determine their relationship. 



3. M. Glauca {Beaver-wood, Sweet-bay Tree). — A swamp in Gloucester, 

 on Cape Ann, in Massachusetts, is the most northern locality of this 

 species. From thence it is abundant in favorable localities near the sea- 

 shore far to the south. It is not a native of any of the North-western 

 States, though it succeeds well under cultivation as far north as Lake 

 Erie. 



No species is more productive of seeds : every flower is sure to be fol- 

 lowed by a well-filled carpel. Seeds frequently sow themselves, and young 

 plants spring up spontaneously in adjacent grounds. These, with suitable 

 care and protection, will grow into good-sized shrubs. On its own roots, 

 this species will not, in this latitude, approximate any nearer to the magni- 

 tude of a tree. To develop satisfactorily its beauties, it must be propa- 

 gated on the acuminata stock ; and happily it is the most ready of all kinds 

 to succeed by the process of budding. By it, an important change and 



