. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 3<l ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUIM.. 3<J. Magn!iia acumin&ta. and cordate acuminate. The flowers are 4 or 5 inches in diameter, bhjish, and sometimes white, with a tint of yellow. They have but a feeble odour, and the petals are never fully expanded, though, as they are
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. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 3<l ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUIM.. 3<J. Magn!iia acumin&ta. and cordate acuminate. The flowers are 4 or 5 inches in diameter, bhjish, and sometimes white, with a tint of yellow. They have but a feeble odour, and the petals are never fully expanded, though, as they are large and numerous, they have a fine eflfect in the midst of the superb foliage. Plants raised from seeds do not usually produce flowers till they are eight or ten years old, when the tree will probably be from 15 ft. to 20 ft. in height; but plants raised from layers produce flowers in two or three years. The fruit is about 3 in. long, and nearly 1 in. in diameter. It is nearly cylindrical, and often a little larger at the summit than at the base : it is convex on one side, and concave on the other; and, when green, it nearly resembles a young cucumber: it becomes rose-coloured when ripe; and, as in the case of the other species, the seeds, before they drop, remain sus- pended for some time by long white threads. The wood of this tree is of a fine grain, and of an orange colour. A free, deep, and rather moist soil answers best for this species ; but, as it is much hardier than any of the others in this section, it will grow in almost any soil that is moderately free, and not over- charged with moisture. It is generally propagated in the London nurseries by layers, the plants so produced flowering much sooner than seedlings; but the latter, as they make far more durable plants, should always be preferred when this species is used as a stock to graft or inarch others on. It is so used very generally, not only for M. auriculata and cordata, but for M. conspicua and Soulangeraa. T