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 . 35. Magn61ia glaaca. ^^aricties. t M. glauca 2 sempervircns Hort. — Sub-evergreen, and with smallerleaves than those of the next variety. t M. glauca 3 Thompsomlm^ Thoinp. M. glauca var. « major Bot. Mag.,new edition, p. 36. The plate of this in the Arb. Brit., first edition,vol. v.; and our fig. 36.— It was noticed about 1820,
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 . 35. Magn61ia glaaca. ^^aricties. t M. glauca 2 sempervircns Hort. — Sub-evergreen, and with smallerleaves than those of the next variety. t M. glauca 3 Thompsomlm^ Thoinp. M. glauca var. « major Bot. Mag.,new edition, p. 36. The plate of this in the Arb. Brit., first edition,vol. v.; and our fig. 36.— It was noticed about 1820, in a pot of seed-lings, by Mr. Thompson, in his nursery at Mile-end ; and by hiin keptdistinct, and propagated under the above name. 26 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 36. Magn6Ua glallica ThompsOTitdna. Other Varieties. M. glaiica Gordomana. and M. glaiica Burchelhhwa. arenames found in nurserymens catalogues, o? varieties said to Jiave double orsemi-double flowers. M. g. loiigifd/ia Pursh is supposed to be an abori-ginal variety, and sub-evergreen ; but we think it probably the same varietyas M. g. Thom[)Soni««fl!, which may have come up wild in America, as wellas m Mr. Thompsons nursery. i1^.g. CardonW, iM. Cardon .7. Iv7iight, is avariety imported from Beluium, where it was found by Mr. Knight ofthe Exotic Nursery, in the nursery of M. Cardon, after whom he hasnamed it. A low tree, nearly evergreen in moist soils, with a slender stem, coveredwith a smooth whitish bark. The wood is white and spongy; the youngshoots of a fine gieen. The leaves are smooth, of a bluish green on theirupper surface, and whitish or glaucous and a little hairy underneath. Theflowers are produced in May or June, at the extremity of the last years have six c
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