VII. LIST OF SHRUBS. 



them in England, and I suppose that it is about as ten- 

 der as the Magnolia Grandiflora, as it comes from the 

 southern States of America. 



37 1 . Lat. Symphoricarpos parvixlora. 



Fr. Lonicera Symphoricarpos. A very pretty dwarf shrub, 

 that comes out into leaf more early in the spring than 

 any other that I know of, and has a leaf of singular 

 beauty. I raised, the year before last, great quantities 

 from seed got from America, The seed lay two years in 

 the ground - y but the plants grew surprizingly after they 

 came up. It blows in August a minute but pretty and 

 pendant rose coloured flower, which is succeeded by a 

 small red berry. This is a very pretty shrub, and easily 

 propagated from layers, of which every plant affords pro- 

 digious quantities. 



372. MAGNOLIA. There are seven sorts of Mag- 

 nolias, all of which come from North America: They 

 are called, first, The Magnolia Grandiflora, some of which 

 have white and some purplish flowers. It grows in the 

 southern States of North America to the common height 

 of our elms. It is rather too tender for exposed situa- 

 tions in England, and is generally placed against a house 

 or a high wall facing the south. I have, however, seen 

 them standard trees, and of considerable height. Its 

 flowers are magnificent, indeed. They are shaped some- 

 what like the flower of the tulip, and burst open like the 

 tulip. The petals are from three to four inches long, and 

 the flower sometimes, when quite open, forms a circum- 

 ference of more than a foot, or approaching to a foot and 

 at half. From the centre of the petals there arises a 



