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sown in the autumn after they are ripe; otherwise they 
will not come up the first year. Cuttings are sometimes 
apt to rot, owing to water lodging in their tubular stems, 
above the last joint. To obviate this inconvenience, some 
make the cuttings of double the usual size, and insert both 
ends into the ground, leaving the part above ground in 
the form of a semi-circle. Commonly, however, such 
cuttings root only at one end. 
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LYCIUM.—Marroiony Vine. 
(Name said to be named from Lycia, its native country.] 
Lycium Birbarum,— Barbary Box-Thorn, Matrimony 
Vine, Willow-leaved Lycium.—A climbing shrub, which 
grows from four to six feet in a season, and valuable for 
covering arbors, naked walls, etc. The foliage delicate, 
and the whole plant is covered with small, but handsome, 
violet flowers, from May to August; these are succeeded 
by small red berries. It will grow in almost any soil, and 
is easily propagated by suckers or from cuttings. It may 
be permitted to ramble, or trained to suit the fancy. 
MAGNOLIA. 
(Named for Magnol, a distinguished French botanist.] 
Most of the genus are lofty trees, some of them, how- 
ever, bloom when quite small, and may be considered as 
shrubs. 
Magndlia glatica.—Small, or Laurel Magnolia, Sweet 
Bay.—The most northern boundary of the habitation of 
this beautiful plant is supposed to be in a sheltered 
swamp, near Cape Ann, and not far from the sea, It is, 
however, common along the southern coast. 
