206 Description of Varieties of the Magnolia glauca. 



tinct, and separate, it is of the same colour as those of the 

 plant from whence it originated, and goes off brown, in like 

 manner. The scent, at first opening, is equally delicious ; 

 but, as the flower decays, becomes less pleasant. I presume 

 this will receive the name of Thompson's Swamp Magnolia, 

 to record its origin. From the superior size of the leaves 

 and flowers, it has been conjectured that this plant is a hy- 

 brid production between the Magnolia glauca and Magnolia 

 tripetala, and as a tree of the latter grows close to that from 

 which the seed of the new plant was obtained, if hybrid pro- 

 ductions in plants are ever effected without artificial assis- 

 tance, this may be one of those deviations from the ordinary 

 course of nature. There are certainly parts of the plant 

 which resemble the Magnolia tripetala, but not, as appears 

 to me, sufficiently to sanction the conjecture. I consider 

 these only as strong variations of the original plant, the effect 

 of a disposition to enlarge itself in all its parts. 



