. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. Sow the cleaned seed in a box or coldframe, and as the plants show their second leaves pot off in small pots. In July, give a larger-sized pot, and the plants will be sufficiently large to plant in permanent place during the following autumn or winter. It is always adv
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. Sow the cleaned seed in a box or coldframe, and as the plants show their second leaves pot off in small pots. In July, give a larger-sized pot, and the plants will be sufficiently large to plant in permanent place during the following autumn or winter. It is always advisable to take pot-grown plants, as they succeed better than plants taken up with bare roots. Magnolias are vora- cious feeders, and require rich soil and an abundance of plant-food. Their roots extend to a great length, and to bring out the stately beauty of this tree they should be given ample space. The wood is white, and valued for cabinet work. There are many forms culti- vated in European nurseries, their main characteristics being in the size and form of the leaves and size of flowers. They are propagated by grafting, either by in- arching or cleft- or tongue-graft. The latter should be done under glass, taking 2-year-old pot-grown seed- lings. The fragrance of the flowers varies also, some flowers being more pungent than others, but, as a rule, the fragrance is pleasant. The principal varietit-s are M. grandiflora var. gloriosa, with tis. nftni 14 in. in diameter; foliage broad and iii;i--i\ r*. In i\\ n on under surface. Seldom grows beynnil Is-j:. Ir. \"ar. prcecor, or early-flowering. Var. ro/"i'i^V'j//'i. with very dark green roundish Ivs., rusty underneath. Magnolia glauca, the Sweet Bay, is an evergreen tree in the southern states, becoming deciduous north- ward. It attains a height of 30 ft. in rich bottoms or swampy lands: Ivs. oval, long or elliptical, with a glau- cous under surface: fls. white,3-i in. in diameter, very fragrant, and prod
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