. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. THE BIG LAUREL. 451 A specimen was introduced into the Royal gardens at Kew, about sixty years ago. It thrives in loam and peat, and ripe cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass; hut from the warmth of the climate of wliich it is a native, it can never become a forest tree in tliis country. Magnolia. Natural family, magnoliacecB; po
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. THE BIG LAUREL. 451 A specimen was introduced into the Royal gardens at Kew, about sixty years ago. It thrives in loam and peat, and ripe cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass; hut from the warmth of the climate of wliich it is a native, it can never become a forest tree in tliis country. Magnolia. Natural family, magnoliacecB; polyandria, polygynia, of Linnpeus. The trees and shrubs which compose this family are, with- out exception, natives of Asia and America, where they are found nearly in the same lati- tude, being included within the 28th and 42d parallels. All the magnolias have beautiful fo- liage, and most of them large and splendid flowers. The species which are indigenous to North Ame- rica, and particularly those which grow in the southern part of the United States, are in these respects the most remarkable; hence for more than half a century they have been highly esteemed in Europe as ornamental plants. In the climates of London and Paris, several of the Asiatic, and even of the American species, require shelter in winter to secure them from the frosts. Of thirteen species of this family, five belong to China and Japan. Of these, the magnolia yalan is the largest. It attains the height of forty to fifty feet; and its flowers, which are nearly six inches in diameter, diffuse a delicious odour. It has been cultivated for several centuries, and serves particularly for the embellishment of the emperor of China's garden. In Chinese poetry it figures as a symbol of beauty and candour. Of the eight remaining species one belongs to the West Indies, and seven to the United States. The Bio Laukel (magnolia grandiflora). Of all the trees of North America this is the most. The Big Laurel remaricable fo
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