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or more seeds of the Magnolia Acuminata should be deposited two 

 inches from each other on the surface, and be covered one inch deep by 

 riddling over them vegetable mould through a coarse sifter. On the surface 

 may then be deposited a piece of board, a flat stone or a few bricks, in 

 order to furnish shade and temporary protection. They must, however, be 

 removed as early as the first of March, of the ensuing season. 



The best time for sowing the seeds, is soon as possible after they are 

 liberated by the opening of their capsules, in the month of August. They 

 may, however, be preserved a long time, and conveyed to great distances, 

 if mixed with rotten-wood or moist loam, in a covered box. If permitted, 

 under any circumstances, to become quite dry, their vitality will be 

 destroyed. 



They may be successfully sown in a cold-frame, in the manner above 

 recommended ; and the yearling seedlings may subsequently be transplanted 

 to their permanent locations. In the western States, where this species is 

 indigenous, small seedlings of one season's growth may be found in autumn 

 in the vicinity of large trees, and can be easily detected by the form, color 

 and flavor of their two large radical leaves ; but in the spring, they will 

 have disappeared, from the depredations of rabbits. 



Yearling seedlings can be safely removed, if a ball of earth be taken up 

 with their roots ; and if carefully invested with moist moss and matting, 

 they may be transported to any distance. 



"When permanently located, they should be surrounded with a temporary 

 crib of boards, say twenty inches square and eight high, which should 

 contain a few inches of brush and old leaves, sufficient to shelter slightly 

 the young tree. If rabbits resort to the ground, a lattice-work protection 

 will be required. After two or three years, they will attain a size suffi- 

 ciently large to receive grafts or buds of other species. 



Suggestion Second. — To insure a vigorous and hardy growth of wood, 

 and a profuse production of large and well-developed flowers., the stock 

 must be of a kind adapted to the soil and climate, and, at the same time, 

 one which will furnish the most abundant supplies of nutrition to the graft 

 or scion 



The cultivator of the rose is aware how much better many of the delicate 

 Bourbons and several of the Remontants will grow on a vigorous Manetti, 

 Boursault, or Michigan stock, than on their own roots. A strong growing 

 and hardy stock exerts a similar influence over many of the delicate and 

 dwarfish species of the Magnolia. 



