68 SYLVA FLOUIFERA. 



tells us, that he had a pretty large plant which 

 was apparently killed by the severe winter 

 of 1739-40, but that he cut it down after 

 Midsummer, and that it shot up again the 

 vear following:. We notice this circumstance 

 more particularly, because in case of similar 

 accidents, gardeners may not be too hasty in 

 grubbing up the roots. The magnolia is gene- 

 rally injured most by the early frost, as the ex- 

 tremities of the young shoots are then tender. 



His Grace the Duke of Richmond has two 

 of the finest standard magnolia grandiflora 

 trees in this country, at his seat at Goodwood 

 in Sussex, one of which at six inches from the 

 ground, girths three feet one inch, and at 

 four feet from the ground, two feet five inches ; 

 at about five feet from the earth it divides 

 into branches, forming a very beautiful head 

 about twenty-three feet in height. The other 

 is thirty-five feet in height, and measures 

 four feet in circumference at fourteen inches 

 from the ground: these trees flower abundantly 

 every year. The time of their having been 

 planted cannot be now correctly ascertained. 



The magnolia should occupy a situation shel- 

 tered from the north and north-east winds, but 

 fully exposed to the south or south-west sun. It 

 seems to thrive in the sea air, when the situation 

 is not exposed ; and the soil congenial to this 

 tree is a deep rich loam, rather dry than moist 



