CULTURE OF HARDY DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 229 
LONICERA. 
All the species of this genus, as now constituted, are upright shrubs, the 
climbing- kinds being referred to Caprifolium. L. Tartarica, and its variety rubra, 
form beautiful shrubs, ten feet or more high, being clothed in April and May with 
flowers from top to bottom. They are perfectly hardy, and thrive in almost any 
soil and situation. They are natives of Russia, and are propagated easily by layers, 
cuttings, and seeds. 
MAGNOLIA. 
The whole of the trees in this genus are highly ornamental, and very valuable. 
All the American species and varieties are hardy, but those from China require the 
shelter of the greenhouse. 
M. grandi flora is a splendid evergreen tree rising, in its native country, to 
sixty feet or more, but with us scarcely exceeding thirty or forty feet. The leaves 
grow from eight inches to one foot long, in form not unlike those of the common 
laurel ; the flowers are white, of a large size, and emit a pleasant fragrance. The 
plant is not so hardy as some other species, and should therefore be planted in a 
warm situation. We have a plant growing exceedingly fine, trained against a south 
wall. All the varieties belonging to this species, as elliptica, crispa, lanceolate 
obovata, rotundifolia, &c, require similar treatment. 
M. glauca. This is also a native of North America, where it is found growing 
in low, wet, swampy ground ; it is deciduous, and grows to about twenty feet high. 
The flowers are cream-coloured, bordering on light yellow. In America the tree is 
best known by the name of " White, or Swamp Laurel. " The blossoms are 
delightfully fragrant, and a recent traveller states that, on the windward side, the 
scent may be distinguished for some miles before reaching the tree. All the 
varieties of this species are found in similar situations. The M. glauca is very 
hardy, and may be planted in almost any conspicuous situation, where it will not be 
exposed to the violence of cutting winds. 
M. macrophylla. This species is found in similar situations to the last, but 
to thrive requires more shade. The leaves are very large, measuring, on a healthful 
growing plant, nearly three feet long and a foot broad. The flowers, too, are very 
large, being nearly a foot across when fully expanded. They are of a delicate 
cream-coloured white, tinged with deep purple at the base of the petals. They 
also emit a pleasant fragrance. 
From the above remarks we learn that M. glauca and its varieties may always 
be planted in situations more exposed and moist than will suit the varieties of M 
grandiflora and macrophylla, which, in their native country, are sheltered from 
cold by the extensive forests in which they grow. 
The best kind of soil for all the hardy species of magnolia is peat ; but, if all 
other circumstances agree, they will thrive exceedingly well in light loam, or in a 
mixture of that and peat. 
There are two ways of propagation practised, viz. by layers and by seeds. 
The usual way, and probably the best way, of increasing them is by layers, 
which should be tongued on the upper side, and layered down in March or April, and 
most likely by the autumn they will be ready to separate ; if, however, they have not 
