122 TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. 
before leaves. Plant in pots after taking the small shrub 
from tree. Keep for first two years in pots, and then 
set out. By this means we may escape the danger from 
frost, as the young trees are very easily nipped. 
“MAGNOLIA PURPUREA.” 
This plant, first introduced into England about the 
year 1790, is a native of Japan. Its flowers are purple 
without and white on the inside. It should be grown 
from the seed in loose earth slightly enriched. The 
bark is used medicinally, and emits a very pleasant odor 
when bruised. This plant is not well known in this 
country. 
