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Magnolias at the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College Andrew Bunting From the inception in 1929 of the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, the mission has remained the same—to collect and display outstanding ornamental plants, specifically trees, shrubs, and vines. Since 1931, one of our most prominent collections of plants—and one that has stood the test of time—has been the magnolia collection. Early on, new magnolia accessions were received from notable nurseries, organizations, and individuals including Bobbink and Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey; Andorra Nursery, Chestnut Hill, Scott Arboretum Part of the magnolia collection at the Scott Arboretum.
Magnolias at the Scott Arboretum 3 Scott Arboretum The original type specimen of Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Henry Hicks’ still thrives at the Scott Arboretum (above). This cultivar bears fragrant, creamy white flowers and cold-hardy evergreen foliage (right). Pennsylvania; the Arnold Arboretum; Hicks Nursery, Long Island, New York; and Highland Park, Rochester, New York. At the time, John Wister, first director of the Scott Arboretum, was developing the campus based on an evolutionary or phylogenetic tree, so all genera in a plant family were planted together, and hence all species in a family resided together. The magnolia collection housed both species and cultivars alike. In 1931, Wister began to get regular deliveries of many plants, especially magnolias, from Henry Hicks of Hicks Nursery on Long Island, New York. On May 8th, 1934, Hicks brought Wister a gift of plants which included 61 accessions representing 3,143 individual plants. These included seven seedlings of the sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia viginiana), a native species which was then known as Magnolia glauca. Of these original seven, only one survived. It was Scott Arboretum
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