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MAGNOLIA* Yulan, var. Soulangiana. 



M. Soulange's Magnolia. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Magnoliace^. 

 MAGNOLIA. Supr^, vol. 4. p. 325. 



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M. Yulan; foliis deciduis pbovatis abrupt^ acuminatis, junioribus pubes- 

 centibus post aiithesin prodeuntibus, floribus erectis 6-9 petalis, stylis 

 erectis. Decand. syst. I. 455. Prodr. 1. 81. 



Le Yu"lan. Mem. Chin. 3. p. 441. 



M. precia. Correa de Serra in Vent. Malm. n. 24. adn. 2. 



M. conspicua. Salisb. parad. 38. t. 38. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 380. 



M. Yulan. Desf. arb. 2. p. 6. pict. hort. par. 43. t. 37. Bonpl. nav. 



p. 53. t. 20. 



fiorihus 



M. Soulangiana s. M. precia flore albo purpurascente Soulang 



Magnoh 



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A very handsome variety of the Yulan Magnolia, ob- 

 tained, as we are informed by the Chevalier Soulange- 

 Bodin, in his Garden at Fromont, from a seed of M. Yulan, 

 which had been fertilised by the pollen of M. obovata. 



Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Messrs. Young, 

 of Epsom, by whom the variety had been procured from 

 M. Soulange. It has been so short a time in this country, 

 that little is known of its good qualities except by report ; 

 we shall, therefore, give M. Soulange's account nearly m 

 his own words, premising that we have found the blossoms 

 exceedingly fragrant, and that it is probable the variety 

 will be adapted to our climate. 



" It has considerable affinity to the two species 



• Magnolia, in record of the merits of Peter Magnol, formerly Professor 

 of Botany at Montpellier, born in 1638, died in 1715 ; author of several 

 Botanical works of merit. Yulan is the Chinese name of the species; called 

 Soulangiana in compliment to the gentleman who raised it. 



