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being, that every root and fibre was preserved, and the latter not exposed to the air 
more than five minutes." 
This species of Magnolia flourishes in rich sandy loam, drained (if needful) at 
bottom. We never saw but one tree that, situations considered, could compare 
with this tree : it grew against the side of Mr. Brown's house, at his nursery near 
Slough, and was fated to perish by fire. If memory do not deceive, there was, in 
1836, a noble specimen in Claremont Gardens, placed against a high wall, but 
remote from the dwelling. Magnolias are checked by moving, though grandiflora 
will sustain much rude treatment ; but on the question of transplantation during 
the height of summer, it is only needful to state, that having a bank of earth thrown 
up near a boundary fence, and wishing to form an evergreen hedge, we removed a 
number of laurels, at least three to four feet high, dug holes in the bank, about four 
feet apart, and planted the laurels therein, one by one as taken up, trickling the 
earth among the roots, and puddling-in with water. The hedge was thus formed in 
the middle of July, at a period of heat and drought not much inferior to that we now 
witness (July 30, 1846). Not a plant failed; or at all events, the hedge progressed 
by occasional waterings, without blanks, and would have been 20 feet high long 
since had it not been kept down. This simple fact confirms the practicability of the 
safe removal of evergreens. 
A very extensive 10-feet wall had been built by the proprietor of the vicarage, 
and this was covered with elegant shrubs, among which are named some New Hol- 
land species of Acacia, Metrosideros, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca. The peculiarity 
of this wall was, that to a coping which projected nine inches, was appended a cop- 
per trough to collect and carry off the rain ; to the great benefit of the shrubs and 
herbaceous plants below. The mischief occasioned by drip is very considerable, and 
moreover, as the tenderer shrubs were covered by mats in winter, the projection of 
the coping assisted the operation, and left some free space to the plants. American 
shrubs, as they are styled, were freely admitted, and placed in groups on the lawn ; 
among these were numbers of the Pontic Azalea, and other species from eastern Europe; 
also eleven varieties of the Japan Camellia. We cannot sanction the general intro- 
duction of the last-named genus, because its natural season of blooming falls at a 
period when its flowers must be exposed to the worst weather of the early spring. 
Allusion is particularly made to these groups, with the view to introduce Mr. Lou- 
don's observations on the mode of treatment they were subjected to. He said — 
" The American shrubs grow so vigorously in the groups on the lawn, that they are 
taken up and replanted every two years, generally in the month of September. The 
Azaleas and Rhododendrons are taken up with large balls of earth, and the ground 
is so well watered at the time of replanting that the plants never lose any of their 
leaves. They are placed at such distances as nearly to touch one another ; so that 
if they were not taken up and placed further apart every two years, they would soon 
form a matted thicket, and display blooms only on their upper surface ; whereas by 
keeping each plant distinct, it displays its blossoms all round from the ground to the 
