Trees and shrubs; an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: containing the hardy trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species . ety hasbeen raised which grows only l^ft. high, andwhich Signor Cassoretti, the garden directorthere, calls AT. obovata jnhnila. A deciduous shrub, attaining, in the gardensabout London, the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft. inas many years, and seldom growing much higheras a bush. The stems are numerous, but notmuch branched; the l
Trees and shrubs; an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: containing the hardy trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species . ety hasbeen raised which grows only l^ft. high, andwhich Signor Cassoretti, the garden directorthere, calls AT. obovata jnhnila. A deciduous shrub, attaining, in the gardensabout London, the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft. inas many years, and seldom growing much higheras a bush. The stems are numerous, but notmuch branched; the leaves are large, of a verydark green ; and the plant produces a profusionof flowers, which do not expand fully till & dayor two before they drop oft; and which, unlessthe weather is warm, do not expand at all, butwither on the plant, and disfigure it. Theflowers are large, more or less purple (accordingto the season, but never wholly dark purple)without, and always white within. The bark,when bruised, has an aromatic odour. A veryornamental species, which no garden ought to be without. This species isgenerally considered as requiring a mixturli of heath soil, or sandv l)eat, withloam , l)nt in many gardens about London it succeeds perfectly both in sand n 2. )5. Magnolia purpurea. 36 ARBORETUaM ET FRUTICETUM BRfTANNICUM. and clay ; the latter soil being rendered free by sand, leaf mould, or manure,and drainage. The situation, when the plant is treated as a bush, ought to beopen, in order that the wood may be ripened; and the plant should bedetached, in order that it may be covered with foliaae and blossoms on everyside. North of London, in most situations, it requires a wall, and few plantsare more deserving of one. Against a wall, it will reach the height of 15 20 ft. In the London nurseries, it is generally propagated by layers ; butit will also strike by cuttings, both of the ripened and the herbaceous stools are generally formed in pits ; or, if in the open g
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