The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 129.— Fio. \Z^—Entrance Gate. 304 Tlie Horticulturist. NOTES ON MAGNOLIAS. In my practice of landscape gardeningduring tlie past twelve years, I have plant-ed out many dozens of magnolias. Theyhave made the first seasons growth appa-rently healthy. Some have continued asecond summer, and a few of my plantingten years since yet remain; but the major-ity of them have died and their places sup-plied with some other variety of tree. Ihave queried why this should be so, be-cause most of the varieties so planted wereperfectly h
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 129.— Fio. \Z^—Entrance Gate. 304 Tlie Horticulturist. NOTES ON MAGNOLIAS. In my practice of landscape gardeningduring tlie past twelve years, I have plant-ed out many dozens of magnolias. Theyhave made the first seasons growth appa-rently healthy. Some have continued asecond summer, and a few of my plantingten years since yet remain; but the major-ity of them have died and their places sup-plied with some other variety of tree. Ihave queried why this should be so, be-cause most of the varieties so planted wereperfectly hardy, the trees perfectly healthy,and, as a rule, made the first season a healthyand abundant growth. Now, in the practice of my profession, inmaking designs for planting grounds, v/itlia knowledge of the beauty of flower andfoliage possessed by the Magnolia family,I desire to introduce more or less of thevarieties ; but a second thought occurs,relative to their durability, and I fre-quently substitute some other tree, when[ would have preferred a Magnolia. Loudon advises
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