Mag-nolia pwpurca, 



THE PURPLE-FLOWERED MAGNOLIA. 



Synonymes. 



Mat^uuiia purpurea, 



IDe Candolle, Prodromus. 

 Don, Miller's Dictionary. 

 Loudon, Arboretum Brilannlcum. 

 Mnsrnolior hicoloru, Magnolier discolore, France. 

 Rolher Bieberbauin, Ger.many. 



Obovate-leaveil iMagnolia, Britain and Anolo-America. 



Deriratiiins Tho French naincii imply Two-coloured Magnolia, in allusion lo ihe colour of iho flowers. The German name 

 signifies Ked Beaverlrcc. 



Engravings. London Botanical Magazine, pi. 390; and Loudon, Arboretum Brilannlcum, i., figuro 3C. 



Speci/c Characters. Deciduous. Leaves obovate, acute, reticulately veined ; almost smooth. Flowers 

 rect, of 3 sepals, and 6 obovate petals. Styles very short. Dun, Miller's Dirt. 



)^ HE Magnolia purpurea is a shrub, from six to twenty feet 

 "^ V high ; native of Japan, and introduced into England in 

 1790 ; propagated by seeds and layers in the gardens 

 ^^ of China, Europe, and America ; grows in open situa- 

 tions, in sandy peat, with loam, or in sand and clay, well-drained, with manure. 

 T, eaves large, of a A^ery dark-green; flowers large, more or less purple without, 

 and always white within : put forth in March, April or May, but do not fully 

 expand till a day or two before they drop olf. The bark, when bruised, has 

 an aromatic odour. 



Vai^ieties. Although plants of this species may exhibit slight shades of differ- 

 ence, there cannot be truly considered but one or two distinct varieties, the M.p. 

 gracilis, and the M. p. obovata-jni7nda^ Casoretti. The chief diftcrence between 

 the former and the species, consists in being less hardy, rather more fastigiate in 

 its form; leaves of a paler green, and somewhat narrower in shape; flowers 

 Longer and more slender, the points of the petals slightly turned back, and exte- 

 riorly of a dark-purple. 



