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long by 8 inches wide, and large showy white flowers make 

 this tree a conspicuous object on the lawn. Like the tulip- 

 tree and the other magnolias, its roots are soft and easily 

 injured and must be treated very carefully in transplanting. 



CUCUMBER- TREE (M. acuminata). A very fine tree, 

 pyramidal in form and producing yellowish fragrant flowers 

 in considerable abundance. It thrives best in a deep warm 

 soil. 



SOULANGE'S MAGNOLIA ( M. Soulangeana), Fig. 80. This 

 small tree is the most beautiful, most hardy and useful of 

 the magnolias, the large cup-shaped blossoms of white 

 and purplish color coming before the leaves making it a 

 very conspicuous and beautiful lawn-tree. 



SHOWY MAGNOLIA (M. speciosa). Like the last, but with 

 rather smaller and lighter-colored flowers that last some- 

 what longer. 



SWAMP-MAGNOLIA (M. glauca). A native tree found 

 in swampy places from Maine to Georgia, and under favor- 

 able conditions is a great addition to our list of small trees. 

 The foliage is bright green above and whitish beneath, and, 

 like most of the small magnolias, is generally grafted on the 

 tripetala stock. When grown in the shade of other trees, 

 it holds its foliage nearly all winter. 



Some others of the numerous species and varieties of 

 magnolias succeed under favorable conditions, and where 

 they thrive nothing gives more satisfaction. 



MULBERRY (Morus alba and rubra). The mulberry is 

 a tree of good form, with bright green foliage that is orna- 

 mental, and many persons are fond of the fruit. The most 

 hardy of the fruit-bearing and perhaps the best variety is 

 the .new American. 



BOX-ELDER (Acer negundo). A rather interesting tree 



