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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Garden Plants, — Their Geography. — II. 
RANALES. {Continued . ) 
A tropical order, with 200 species, follows here 
and then the Calycanthus “shrub,” with 3 species 
well known, and Chimonanthus, with 2 species, 
which are tender north of Washington. They are 
beautifully fragrant in a cool greenhouse during 
the early months of the year. The C. fragrans 
grandiflorus is best. The flowers are small , yellow- 
ish and inconspicuous. 
Ccrcidiphylhim Japonicum is a comparatively 
new tree. It has 
heart-shaped 
leaves and incon- 
spicuous flowers. 
It attains a large 
size in Japanese 
forests and prom- 
ises well here. It 
is quite hardy in 
New England and 
is well worth tri;d 
for its unique ap- 
pearance. 
Magnolia i s a 
genus of Ameri- 
can, Himalayan 
and East African 
trees and shrubs in 
I 5 species and 
many varieties. 
They are both ev- 
ergreen and de- 
ciduous. Scarcely any trees excel them in beauty 
and grandeur, and none are finer than the M. 
grandiflora of the south. This splendid evergreen 
is used as a wall plant in England, in which posi- 
tion it often clothes the fronts of houses with sur- 
passing beauty and produces its magnificent fra- 
grant white flower, from 8 inches to i foot in diam- 
eter, in abundance. I have seen but one plant in 
a similar position at the North, but that one abund- 
antly proved its adaptability for walls from the 
Carolinas to New York. It is strange that with the 
scarcity of evergreens with broad leaves northern 
gardeners should neglect so fine a subject when it 
may so evidently be easily grown and preserved 
on an east or north wall. Through New Jersey the 
leaves are scorched in hard winters, but it easily 
repairs the damage. M. macrophylla is also a 
splendid species, with immense deciduous leaves 
and flowers even larger than the M. grandiflora. 
Most of the American species flower after the 
leaves are produced; most of the Asiatic kinds 
produce theirs before the leaves. The magnificent 
CHIMONANTHUS FRAGRANS. 
M. Campbellii, from the Himalaya, is exceedingly 
rare in cultivation, indeed, I am not aware of a plant 
MAGNOLIA CONSPICUA. 
in this country. It will probably be tender north 
of Richmond, Va.? Magnolias are difficult to move. 
I’hey have done best with me after the growth has 
started and when cut hard back. 
Liriodendron is our “tulip tree.” There is but 
one, unless, indeed. North Japan should reveal 
another. It is one of the most magnificent trees in 
existence, but is rarely seen at its best. The 
branches should sweep a lawn if its noble propor- 
portions are wished to be seen in perfect develop- 
ment. I have seen larger, but never more beauti- 
ful specimens than the large ones near the Brent- 
ford Gate at Kew Gardens, London. It is best trans- 
planted in spring. 
Schizandra has 6 species from the mountains 
and tropical parts of Asia and from North America. 
Our kind, S. coccinea, is a climber not very often 
seen. 
Asiinma triloba is another monotypic species 
so far as this country goes. There are five or six 
others in Central America and the West Indies. 
Our plant is a true representative of the tropical 
“custard apples, ’’and its misleading common name 
in the United States should be dropped. It leads 
authors into bad mistakes. The fruit is really 
very good, and I am glad to know that good kinds 
are being selected. 
Cocculus, with 10 species, and the “Moonseed,” 
Mcnispcrmnni , with 2 species, are both represented 
in gardens by native climbers of merit. 
Akebia, with 4 species from China and Japan, is 
represented in our gardens by A. quinata, a pretty 
shrubby climber with very fragrant, but modest 
