. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . h, which has for some weeks been flowering freely)was onlv grafted the last week in March or the firstin April, and that at the time alluded to, it hadno fower than 12 trusses of bloom, each trussshowing from 10 to Hi flowers, suflicicnt, as ho wellobserves, to indicate its free-floweriug qualities. It riantly in the open air, and the glossy evergreenMagnolia becomes a tree bearing huge waxen flowersas big as plates, and in the magnilicent new boulevardsof Paris,—and everywhere it is by far the noblest citytreo. In no place are there better
. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . h, which has for some weeks been flowering freely)was onlv grafted the last week in March or the firstin April, and that at the time alluded to, it hadno fower than 12 trusses of bloom, each trussshowing from 10 to Hi flowers, suflicicnt, as ho wellobserves, to indicate its free-floweriug qualities. It riantly in the open air, and the glossy evergreenMagnolia becomes a tree bearing huge waxen flowersas big as plates, and in the magnilicent new boulevardsof Paris,—and everywhere it is by far the noblest citytreo. In no place are there better individual speci-mens of it than in London, which indeed even now jcontains the finest trees of it that I know of in any city, jallhongh receiving no such attention as they do in Paris, jLet the reader who takes any interest in the matter \glance at any of the groups or lines of Limes he may Inow find in the London parks, and then compare theirasjiect as soon as possible with tho Plane. In verdure,compared with tho Lime, it is as the tuft of dark. will form a worthy companion of the plant shown asAUamanda Wardleiana, but which is supposed to bethe same as that previously named AUamanda Hen-derson!. T. M. TREES FOR CITY PARKS AND AVENI^ CoERESPONDENT advi^es the Lime for the ThamesEmbankment, and says it is in every respect worthyof such a place of dignity and honour. As this is animportant matter, I must ask permission to go infothe subject at some length, beginning with the state-ment that in my opinion the Lime is the worst of alltrees for city gardening. This arises from the fact thatit is liable to lose its leaves even so July, and topresent a miserable and scorched aspect throughout themonth of August, being at the same time most gratefulto insect pests, which often ruin its leaves. Prom theworst it is refreshing to turn to the best, and that isthe ^yestern Plane. I have seen it in many places intowns, from the heart of the city of London to theshores of th
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