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A Srconp Bioomine oF MAGnouia SOULANGIANA. 
D. M. Mortier. 
This note is to call attention to the fact of a second blooming in the same 
year of a purple variety of Magnolia Soulangiana. On the campus of Indiana 
University a group of thrifty magnolias is cultivated. Among these there 
are two varieties of M. Soulangiana, one with pink flowers and the other 
bearing blossoms of a deep purple color. Last spring at the usual time all 
trees of the two varieties bloomed profusely and, from a number of the 
flowers, fruits and seeds were developed. In midsummer (July 25 to August 
10) three trees of the purple variety bore each two or three fine large flowers, 
which were normal in every respect. No flowers were seen on the variety 
bearing pink blossoms. This is the first time the writer has observed the 
occurrence of a second crop of blossoms on a magnolia. It has been learned 
through acquaintances that the purple variety bloomed a second time this 
year in one of the eastern states. 
As the blossoms were removed from the trees by children or by un- 
scrupulous admirers, it was impossible to know whether such flowers would 
develop fruits. 
