238 THE GREEN-HOUSE CATALOGUE. 



This is a noble genus of plants ; and though the most 

 magnificent species, as M. grandi/idra, glauca, auricuiata, 

 &c., are hardy trees, yet those kept in the frame and green- 

 house have fine large white flowers. The soil best suited 

 for the Magnolia is loam and peat with a little sand. The 

 species are generally propagated by laying or by inarching 

 the more rare on the more abundant kinds. Thus the 

 green-house and frame sorts are often grafted on M. purpu- 

 Tea and ohovata. Some of the slender-wooded species, as 

 M. pumila and fuscata, will root from ripe cuttings in sand 

 under a glass. 



MENISPE^RMAXEiE. 



ScHisA^NDRA coccmea, scarlet-flowered Schisandra, B. M. 

 1413, a green-house shrub, a climber, introduced from 

 North America in 1806. and flowering in June and July. 



This is a showy plant, which grows freely in sandy loam, 

 with a little peat or leaf-mould. It may be increased by 

 layers or ripened cuttings, planted in sand under a glass. 



CissA^MPELOs capensis, Cape Cissampelos, a green-house 

 tree, introduced from the Cape of Good Hope in 1775. It 

 is a plant of little beauty, but of easy culture, and propa- 

 gated by cuttings in loamy soil. 



BERBERrDEiE. 



Nandina domestica, B. M. 1109, grows in loam and 

 peat, and young cuttings root in sand under a bell-glass. 



CRUCFFERtE. 



Fberis semperfldrens, broad-leaved Candy-tuft, an ever- 

 green undershrub, introduced from Sicily in 1679, and 

 flowering in white umbels all the year. 



1. gibraltdrka, Gibraltar Candy-tuft, B. M. 124, an 

 evergreen under shrub, introduced from Spain in 1732, and 

 flowering in May and June. 



I. cilidta, ciliate-leaved Candy-tuft, B. M. 1030, an evern 



