This proceedings in a compilation of 23 papers that were presented at the regional meetings of the forest and conservation nursery associations in the United States in 1995. The subject matter ranges from seed collection and processing, through nursery cultural practices, to harvesting storage and outplanting.

The genus Magnolia consists of several medicinally important species most of which come from Far East Asia. Many species of this genus have traditionally been used in China and Japan to treat various illnesses from simple headaches to complicated cancer, and because of their versatility have more recently been incorporated into commercially success