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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART J II. 



large to be removed with safety. There are bushes of this variety in the open 

 border, both in the Hammersmith Nursery and at Mile End, between 3 ft. 

 and 4 ft. high, and 2 ft. and 3 ft. broad, which flower fi-eely every year, with- 

 out any protection whatever. Price, in the London nurseries, 5s. ; at Eoll- 

 wyller, ? j and in New York, ?. 



App. i. Half- hard// Magnolias. 

 Magnolia fuscata Andr., figured in Bot. Mag., t. 1008., and introduced 

 from China in 1789, is common in conservatories. At Claremont it forms a 

 large evergreen bush, 15ft. high; and at Taplow Court, a bush 10ft. high. 

 It flowers m April, May, and June: its fragrance is much more grateful 

 than that of the other magnolias, and not at all oppressive. The plant has 

 been tried against a conservative wall ; and also, in the Goldworth Nursery, in 

 the open ground, as a bush ; and in both situations, when once firmly esta- 

 blished, it is found to endure moderate winters with a little protection. On 

 account of its being an evergreen, and from the fragrance of its flowers, which 

 are of a dark_ brownish red or purple, tinged with yellow in the inside of 

 the petals, it is a very desirable plant. There are two other species, natives 

 of China (M. anoiKstoWa and M. pumila), also evergreens, and treated as 

 green-house or stove plants ; but we have not heard of either of them having 

 been tried out. Possibly, they may prove nearly as hardy as M, fuscata. 



App. ii. Additional Magnolias. 

 It is highly probable that there are other species of the genus Magnoha, in 

 the mountainous regions of India, and in China, which will endure the open 

 ail- in Britain, though none of these have yet been described by botanists, 

 with the exception of some by Dr. Wallich, which are now considered to 

 belong to Michelia. Some expected additions of genera closely allied to 

 Magnolia will be noticed in the concluding section of this chapter. Possibly, 

 by cross fecundation, some mules might be produced, between the species 

 mentioned in the preceding paragraph and the hardy species. If the refresh- 

 ing fragrance of M. fuscata could be thrown into the flowers of M. grandiflora, 

 or of any of the other species which continue flowering for a long time, the 

 result would be a desirable acquisition. We recommend the subject to the 

 attention of ingenious cultivators. 



Genus II. 



LIRIODE'NDRON L. The Tulip Tree. 

 Gen. Char. Carpels I-2-seeded, disposed in spikes, indehiscent, deciduous, 

 drawn out into a wing at the apex. Cal^x of 3 deciduous sepals. Corolla 

 of 6 petals, conniving into a bell-shaped flower. (I>07i's Mill., i. p. 86.) 

 — There is only one species; a deciduous tree of the first rank. North 

 America. Flowers yellowish, variegated with green, red, and orange. June. 

 1688. Height, in England, 70 ft. 



2 1. Liriode'ndroxX Tulipi'fera L. The Tulip-bearing Liriodendron, or 



Tulip Tree. 



Berwations. This tree is called Liriodendron, from /etrion, a lilv, and clendron, a tree ; from the 

 nH^'?M''"^'H"l'^°'' f ^ ^^l^' more correctly those of a tulip, as the specific name im! 



?hB n 1 called Poplar, from its general resemblance to trees of that genus ; White Wood, from 

 colour of its timber ; Canoe Wood, from the use to which it is applied by the native Indians ■ 



, Tulip Tree, trom its tuhp-hke flowers; and Saddle Tree, from the form of its leaves tL French 

 and German names are literal translations of the words Virginian tulip tree 



