336 TREES. 



The engraving is a very correct portrait of -a fine specimen of 

 this tree, standing on the lawn in front of our house, as it appears 

 now, April 25th. Its usual period of blooming here is from the 5th 

 to the 15th of this month. Last year there were three thousand 



Portrait of the Chinese White Magnolia in Mr. Downing'a Grounds. 



blossoms open upon it at once. The tree has been planted about 

 fourteen years, and is now twenty feet high. The branches spread 

 over a space of fifteen feet in diameter, and the stem, near the 

 ground, is eight inches in diameter. Its growth is highly sym- 

 metrical. For the last ten years it has never, in a single season, 

 failed to produce a fine display of blossoms, which are usually fol- 

 lowed by a few seeds. Last year, however, it gave us quite a crop 



