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more vigorously, and are much hardier when grafted upon 
young stocks of the Cucumber Magnolia. This we have 
found to be particularly the case with the Chinese species 
and varieties. 
All these trees are such superb objects upon a lawn, in 
their rich summer garniture of luxuriant foliage, and large 
odoriferous flowers, that they need no further recommenda- 
tion from us to insure their regard and admiration from all 
persons who have room for their culture. If possible, situa- 
tions somewhat sheltered either by buildings, or other trees, 
should be chosen for all the species, except the Cucumber 
Magnolia, which thrives well in almost any aspect not 
directly open to violent gales of wind. 
The White-wood, or Tulip Tree. Litiodendron. 
Nat. Ord. Magnoliacese. Lin. Syst. Polyandria, Polygynia. 
The Tulip tree belongs to the same natural order as the 
Magnolias, and is not inferior to most of the latter in all that 
entitles them to rank among our very finest forest trees. 
The taller Magnolias, as we have already remarked, do 
not grow naturally within 100 or 150 miles of the sea-coast ; 
and the Tulip tree may be considered as in some measure, 
supplying their place in the middle Atlantic states. West of 
the Connecticut river, and south of the sources of the Hudson, 
this fine tree may be often seen reaching in warm and deep 
alluvial soils, 80 or 90 feet in height. But in the western 
