. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. MAGNOLIA STELLATA. '55, ers are scarce, makes them of value also to the commercial florist. But for the busy or inexperienced plant-lover, where little care and attention can be given their culture, or where they are depended upon entirely to beautify the garden or to produce a supply of cut flowers, annuals and biennials have often proved to be only a source of disap- pointment and failure. Hamilton. W. Hunt. MAGNOLIA Fig. 204 ur. Magnolia Stellata. HE above is a picture of Hall's Japan Magnolia (Hallea
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. MAGNOLIA STELLATA. '55, ers are scarce, makes them of value also to the commercial florist. But for the busy or inexperienced plant-lover, where little care and attention can be given their culture, or where they are depended upon entirely to beautify the garden or to produce a supply of cut flowers, annuals and biennials have often proved to be only a source of disap- pointment and failure. Hamilton. W. Hunt. MAGNOLIA Fig. 204 ur. Magnolia Stellata. HE above is a picture of Hall's Japan Magnolia (Halleana) taken last spring during blossoming season. It is of dwarf habit and produces its pure white flowers, that are semi-double and fragrant, before the leaves appear. It is a wonderful little shrub and was obtained eight years ago from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, and is now a better specimen, I am told, than can be found in those gardens, which is favorable to its hardiness in our climate. During the first years after planting, a barrel without top or bottom, was placed over it after hard frosts in autumn, then, as it grew larger, a four-sided enclosure was built around it and last year it was only sheltered on the south and west. It was decided the past winter to leave it unprotected and at this date (the end of February) it is still covered with snow. But I rather doubt the good result of such a stern efi'ort at acclimating, for it may end disastrously when the spring sunshine comes hot and strong, while yet the sap is frozen. The idea of gradually getting a plant acclimatized seems feasible, but when a severe winter upsets all our theories, and the subject of our experiment becomes but a lifeless stick, we regret the test. Be that as it may in the future, one thing is sure, that among early flowering shrubs none have such a regal eff"ect as Magnolia Stellata. Place it as this one stands, in a bed of glowing early tulips that glisten and shade like a rainbow, while i
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