THE MAGNOLIAS 



them {M. Campbellii and M. salicifolia) have so far 

 borne blossoms. The first named is native of the 

 Outer Himalayas between 8,000 and 10,000 feet, and 

 in flower is one of the most gorgeous of all northern 

 trees. It has scented, cup-shaped blossoms from 

 deep rose to crimson in colour and 10 inches across. 

 It has not proved hardy in Europe save in one or 

 two favoured places in England where it has pro- 

 duced rosy-pink flowers. In this country I have not 

 heard of any one succeeding with it, though in the 

 South and on the Pacific seaboard there are places 

 where it should thrive. Certainly such a strikingly 

 beautiful tree ought to be given a fair trial. Rival- 

 ling the Himalayan treasure, however, is M. Sar- 

 gentiana, which I discovered and introduced in 1908. 

 It is growing in France and England but has not 

 proved hardy in the Arnold Arboretum. The other 

 species (A/, salicifolia) is Japanese and is distributed 

 on the mountains from Kyushu to northern Hondo, 

 and was introduced into this country by Professor 

 Sargent in 1892. It is a slender tree with small, cup- 

 shaped white flowers and narrow, thin leaves. The 

 shoots when bruised emit a strong smell of camphor, 

 in fact when I first found it wild I took it for some 

 member of the Camphor family. Somehow this 

 plant has not taken kindly to cultivation though it 

 has flowered in the arboretum of Mr. T. E. Proctor, 



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