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striking flower dispenses a distinctly disagreeable odor r 

 otherwise it would be a tree of specially excellent orna- 

 mental qualities. 



Magnolia tripetala likewise blooms in late May and 

 early June in its home in America. Except Magnolia macro- 

 phylla, there is no larger-leaved native magnolia than 

 tripetala, hence the common name umbrella magnolia. 

 This large foliage lends a grand aspect to a well-grown 

 specimen of Magnolia tripetala, and in other ways it proves. 

 itself much superior to M. acuminata. The flowers are 

 creamy or yellowish-white in color, rather than greenish- 

 white like those of M. acuminata. 



Turning to the Asiatic magnolias, we find several othe~ 

 varieties that bloom finely in June. There are one or i/wa 

 late-blooming Asiatic varieties, that, long known in this 

 country, have failed to make a favorable impression because, 

 like M. Kobus, for instance, they bloom seldom and sparsely 

 and only in late maturity. Two recently introduced mag- 

 nolias are, however, free from all such objections, and have, 

 besides, very decided advantages peculiar to themselves. 



They are termed respectively M. liypoleuca and M. 

 parviflora, or Wateonii, and are rare. We have seen already 

 that few summer-blooming magnolias have flowers that will 

 bear comparison with many other blossoms of June ; hence 

 the two magnolias, liypoleuca and parviftora, become doubly 

 valuable on account of the late season at which their 

 flowers appear. 



Let us look at them a moment. They impress us as 

 noble trees, not as shrubs, bearing in this way a certain 

 resemblance to M. tripetala. The foliage of M. hypoleuca 



