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cent j\[<i;jiioliii i/raiiiUjIord, a bold cveryreen^ that in tlie 

 later cla}'s of siininior iiroduees magnificent white flowers. 

 Although this, the noblest o£ our evergreen garden trees^ 

 will not bear mure than fifteen to twenty degrees of fr(jst, 

 3'et by its power of renewal from below it is often seen in 

 fine eondition in places wdiieh are really too cold for it. 

 One reason of its frequent sur\-ival is that a well-drained 

 border next a comforting wall is usually provided for it ; 

 and thus, when times of trial eome, it often escapes injury, 

 because ils circumstances are the best jKissible for the dis- 

 trict. T5ut thriving' standard trees of this g'lorious masr- 

 nolia are not uncommon even near London, more especially 

 in the A^alley of the Thames. A particularly fine exam])le 

 may be seen in a private garden in the nairow passiige 

 that connects Kew Green with the river; and in the lloyal 

 Gardens there is a standard^ but not a good one, for it was 

 once a wall tree, and has not acquired the free I'orm pr(qier 

 to its present isolated position. In Devon, Cornwall, and 

 Dorset, standard magnolias are often to be seen, bearing 

 immense crops of huge lily-like flowers. 



The grandest of the species is probably the Indian 

 Magnolia Caiiiphelli, which, unfortunately, is not hardy 

 enough for this country. In manj^ places it has lieeu 

 planted, and has passed through severe wduters with but 

 little harm ; but it manifests its unhappiness by refusing 

 to flower. 



A note on a few hardy trees that are endowed with line 

 qualities may be useful here, and we will begin with the 

 rose acacia (Robiuia Iiiajjiila) , which makes a delightful 

 disjilay of rosy-juirj^le flowers in the month of May. A 

 near relation is the Judas tree [Cercls .sHiqnastrum), which 

 becomes a tree of fair size wdien aged, but grows slowlj', 



