No, 215. = 
MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
This is a fine hardy shrub, or small tree, 
as it frequently grows even in this country 
to ten or fifteen feet. It is a native of 
North America, where it sometimes attains 
the height of thirty feet or more. We eg 
been informed, that there is a variety 
in some places is found of more than 
double that size. It was introduced into 
England by Banister, being sent by him to 
Bishop Compton, who cultivated it in his 
n at Fulham, in the latter part of the 
seventeenth century. The scent of the 
flowers is most exquisite; and in America, 
when the trees are in full bloom, can be 
distinguished three quarters of a mile off. 
It requires bog earth, or fine light yellow 
oam, in which we have had an old tree 
grow beautifully for many years : it flowers 
from May till October. Our drawing was 
made in the latter month, at which time 
it was almost — with a It 
ly 
Fresh ER paa før e can be dëse 
from America, are far preferable. 
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