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country from China by Mr. Wilson, there are few which will 
attract plant-lovers more than his new Magnolias. In the size of 
their individual flowers Magnolias surpass all other trees or 
shrubs that we can grow in the open air, and it may be safely 
said of them all, even the least attractive, that they are well worth 
growing. 
For more than a hundred years, the yulan, or lily-tree, M/. con- 
spicua, has been one of the most valued of our hardy trees, and a 
new form of it is sure to be greatly welcomed. First named and © 
described by Maximowicz in 1872, it was not until about 1900 
that Mr. Wilson obtained seeds of the var. purpurascens. From 
them were raised plants in the Coombe Wood Nursery which are 
now well established in cultivation at Kew and elsewhere. e 
“ Wilson-Veitch ’’ number is 688. It is evidently a big tree in 
Western Hupeh, for Mr. ;Wilson found it as much as 65 ft. high 
with a trunk 6} ft. in girth. In the shape and leathery texture 
of the adult leaves it is very similar to the ordinary M. con- 
spicua. They are mostly obovate, much the broadest towards the 
apex, where is a conspicuous mucro, and pubescent on and near 
the midrib and chief nerves beneath. The flower is erect, very 
Magnolia Dawsoniana, Rehder et Wilson. 
There is very little to be said of this species at present, but as 
two grafted plants under the name have recently been received 
at Kew from Messrs. Chenault of Orleans, who had obtained it 
from the Arnold Arboretum, it may be worth while to put its 
introduction on record. Mr. E. H. Wilson discovered it in 1908 
in Western Szechuen, near Tachien-lu, at altitudes of 6500 ft. to 
elliptic, 3} in. to 6 in. long and about half as much wide, shining 
The flowers are 
with orange-scarlet coated seed 
8 Magnolia is rare, and at present is only known from the 
remote locality where Mr. Wilson collected it in 1908 and again 
in 1910. He and Mr. Rehder suggest that it is most closely allied 
to M.¢ 2 (M. denudata, Desrousseaux). Another species 
with the qualities of that wonderful tree would be a great 
acquisition, 
Magnolia Nicholsoniana, Rehder ct Wilson. 
Along with the preceding species, Kew is indebted for this new 
and very rare Magnolia to Messrs. Chenault of Orleans. It was 
