It is not our intention to compare what we know of cuItivated Magno-lias, with the magnificent plant shown by the illustrations of Himalayan plants from Messrs. Hooker, Son & Thomson. But before entering upon our subject we cannot forbear introducing a remark. We have cultivated two years a hybrid Magnolia, called Lenne, entirely native, whose bright color struck us particularly, when we saw its flowers for the first time; what then will this one be? what an impression will be made by the first flowering of the magnificent Magnolia Campbellii. What would not some give even to see it, or have it for one day a prisoner in their orangeries I

"This superb tree has been chosen by Dr. Thomson and myself," says Mr. J. D. Hooker, "to perpetuate the services which our friend Dr. Campbell has rendered to our inhabitants, in the foundation of a hospital, now in great repute, and to thank him for the large share he has taken in the various researches calculated to throw light upon geography, natural products, arts, manufactures, and the races of Nepaul, etc. The M. Campbellii was discovered in Bootan, by Dr. Griffith. It is a large forest tree that grows on the outer chains of Sikkim, at an elevation of 8 or 10,000 feet. It is not often found at the same elevation on the central chains. Its trunk is upright, and covered with a black rind, and often grows eighty feet high; its wood is tender, and of little value. In April, the tree is profusely covered with flowers, to the end of its branches, before the leaves appear. The flowers, with little smell, are of various shades; white, deep rose, scarlet, and generally six, eight, and ten inches in diameter.

In the month of May, it is in full verdure, and the fruit ripens, in October, when it produces more flowers, but smaller, and often imperfect.

The plants while young have smooth glossy leaves, but when older, the under sides become more and more downy.

India possesses two other species of this genus, of which one, the M. globosa, which heretofore was only found in the interior of the valleys of Sikkim, on the edge of the forests, at an elevation of 9 and 10,000 feet.

The latter is comparatively a small tree, with caducous leaves, round flowers, of the size of one's fist. Its leaves usually make their appearance with the flowers, which then embalm with their perfume the delicious evenings of the month of June. This Magnolia is nearly allied to the Japanese species, or the M. conspicua, cultivated in our gardens. A third species, exclusively Indian, is the Magnolia sphenocarpa (Roxburgh, Cororoandel Plants, Vol. III, p. 266). Its native home is the sub-tropical valleys of Chittagong, in the mountains of Nepaul.

The M. Campbellii and the M. globosa, perhaps will be naturalized in England; the sphenocarga will bear a quasi - tropical climate." - Revue.