2jO shrubberies and flower-gardens. [chap. 



flower is white and has three petals, each of very great length 

 and breadth. This tree loses its leaves in the fall. — Third, Mag- 

 nolia acuminata. This is another variety. It is hardy, and will 

 very well endure the climate of England. — Fourth, Magnolia cor- 

 data. This has rather a round leaf, and has a yellow blossom. 

 It is about as tender as the Magnolia Grandiflora. — Fifth, Mag- 

 nolia auriculata. — Sixth, Magnolia macrophylla. Both varieties 

 or the great magnolia, or magnolia grandiflora, and both about as 

 tender as that. — Seventh, Magnolia glauca, or small Magnolia. 

 This is perfectly hardy, grows in Canada, and in all parts of the 

 United States of America, and is a shrub, take it altogether, ex- 

 celling every other. It is called the glauca on account of the 

 bluish colour on the under side of its leaves, which are of a bright 

 green on the upper side, and have the solidity and characteristics 

 of the laurel, though the tree is deciduous. It rises to the height 

 of tensor twelve feet ; bears a flower of the shape of the dwarf or 

 round tulip. It is about the size also of the flower of the dwarf 

 tulip, opens by slow degrees, and emits an odour the most de- 

 lightful that can be conceived ; far exceeding that of the rose ; 

 in strength equal to that of the jonquil or the tuberose, and far 

 more delightful. In the country where this tree grows, a clump 

 of them scents a whole wood. The tree continues to bear flowers 

 for a long while, two months at the least ; for the flowers suc- 

 ceed each other, some being mere buds, while the petals of others 

 are dropping. This tree will grow in almost any ground : as it 

 is generally found near swamps in America, I thought that it re- 

 quired a low situation in England, until I saw upon a sand-hill 

 partly covered with heath, in a garden which belonged to Sir 

 Herbert Taylor near St. Ann's Hill, one of these magnolias in 

 as vigorous a state and as full bloom as I ever saw one in America. 

 This shrub, like the great magnolia, is raised from layers in Eng- 

 land ; but if it were raised from seed, as it very easily might be, the 

 plants would be beyond all measure finer than they generally are. 

 None of the other magnolias are nearly so odoriferous as this ; all 

 but this are somewhat tender : this might be in every shrubbery 

 in England with the greatest ease ; and I cannot help expressing 

 my hope that it may one day become as common as the lilac. — 

 M. Purpurea is from China. A very handsome shrub, blowing 

 a pale purple flower early in April. It is hardy, and is propagated 

 by layers. 



