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 . directed to the subject. M. c. S. speciosn and M. c. S. Alexan-drhia are in British gardens, but tliey are not worth keeping distinct from M. c. Souhingertwa. 44. Magn6iia con&picua. TIlis is a very showy tree, distinguishable from all the other magnoliasof both sections, by its flowers expanding before any of the leaves. Thetre
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 . directed to the subject. M. c. S. speciosn and M. c. S. Alexan-drhia are in British gardens, but tliey are not worth keeping distinct from M. c. Souhingertwa. 44. Magn6iia con&picua. TIlis is a very showy tree, distinguishable from all the other magnoliasof both sections, by its flowers expanding before any of the leaves. Thetree assumes a regular conical shape, with a grey bark and numerousbranches and twigs, which generally have a vertical, rather than a horizontal,direction. The young shoots are from 1 ft. to 18 in. in length, and the tree,in ten years, will attain the height of from 10 ft. to 15 ft., flowering the secondor third year after grafting. It is nearly as hardy as the American species;flowering freely every year, as a standard, in the neighbourhood of London,when the wood has been properly ripened during the preceding summer. Arich sandy loam seems to suit this species best; but it will grow in any deepfree soil, properly drained, and moderately enriched. The situation, when itis to be treateti as a standard, ought to be sufficiently open to admit of ripeningthe wood in autumn, and yet not so warm as to urge forward the fl
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