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From the great rarity and extreme beauty 

 of this tree, we think it deserving of more 

 care than is generally bestowed on it, so as 

 to secure it from the frost, and which might 

 easily be dtone by placing blocks of wood in 

 the earth, with mortices in them, into which 

 poles might be fixed, and a frame or wire- 

 work thrown over, to lay mats or other cover- 

 ing on during the inclement nights. Tall 

 evergreens, of the darkest foliage, form the 

 most proper back ground for this tree. 



Our nurserymen raise these trees from 

 seeds, which are sown in pots, and plunged 

 into old hotbeds of tanners' bark. They are 

 seldom strong enough to be planted in the 

 open ground under six years ; therefore gar- 

 deners are justly entitled toa considerable price 

 for a plant that has required so much of their 

 attention in its propagation. The magnolia 

 may also be raised from layers and cuttings; but 

 these seldom make handsome standard trees. 



We have now eighteen species of this plant, 

 nine of which are natives of North America, 

 and nine belong to India, China, or Japan ; 

 and should we be able to naturalize them so 

 as to endure our winters in the open air, as 

 the common tulip tree has been made to do, 

 they cannot fail of being regarded as one of 

 the greatest ornaments of the shrubbery. 



The swamp magnolia, glaaca, was the spe- 

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