46 DECORATIVE PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS 



of their own species. Layering is the most expeditious and generally 

 the method mostly adopted. 



FIG. 1 8. Magnolia campbetti 



LAURESTINUS 



This, as is well known, is an evergreen, early flowering shrub, 

 bearing masses of white flower quite early in the year. It is " every- 

 body's " shrub, and is in great demand not only as a subject for the 

 border but also as a plant for the winter window-box. Some 

 thousands are used for the latter purpose every year, and as it is 

 such a ready seller the nurseryman will naturally see to it that his 

 stock of young healthy stuff is every year replenished. It is, for- 

 tunately, one of those easy plants to propagate, and nearly cent per 

 cent of the cuttings put in may be depended upon to root. Though 

 it may be made to strike at almost any time of the year, the regular 



