23 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICE1UM BRI'TANNICUM. 
6 inches long, and about 2 in. in diameter ; it is of a beautiful rose colour, and 
contains usually from 50to 60 seeds. This species is very hardy, and can 
withstand the most rigorous winters, when the summer has been sufficiently 
hot to ripen the wood thoroughly. As it is a short-lived tree, and conse- 
quently flowers early, there is not the same objection to raisirg plants of it 
from seed, as there is to raising plants in that manner of M. grandiflora, 
which is along-lived species. The soil should be a deep, rich, sandy loam, and 
the situation sheltered and shaded. Exposure to the sun is injurious ; and, 
trained against a south wall, the plant suffers extremely. A sheltered glade 
in a shrubbery or wood, where the tree is sufficiently distant from others not to 
be injured by their roots, is the most desirable site. In the nurseries it is 
almost always propagated by seeds, which should be sown immediately after 
they are gathered, as when they are left exposed they become rancid and lose 
their vital qualities ; though, if enveloped in moist moss or earth, they may be 
preserved for several months. The plants should be kept in pots until 
required for final transplanting. 
+ 4, M. macropuy’Lua Mx. The long-leaved Magnolia. 
Identification. Mich. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 327.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 80.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 83.; Tor. 
and Gray, 1. p. 43. 3 
Synonymes. Large-leaved Umbrella Tree, Amer.; Magndlia MichaGx?? Hort. ; Magnolier & grandes 
Feuilles, Magnolier bannanier, F’r.; grosseblattrige Bieberbaum, Ger. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., 2189.; the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit. vol. v.; and our fig. 38. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Deciduous. Leaves very large, oblong-obovate, somewhat pandu- 
riform, cordate at the base, under surface whitish, glancous. Petals 6—9, 
ovate. (Don’s Mill.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. North Caro- 
lina and Georgia. Height 30ft. to 40 ft. in America; 15 ft. to 30 ft. in 
England. Introduced in 1800. Flowers white, with a purple spot near 
the base of each petal; Sin. to 10in. in diameter, fragrant; June and 
July. Strobile rose-coloured; ripe in Octuber. Decaying leaves yellow, 
brown, or black. Naked young wood of a whitish brown. 
38. Magndlia'macrophylla, 
