The Magnolias and the Tulip Tree 



I to 2 inches long; axillary very small. Leaves obovate, acute, 

 with ear-shaped lobes at base, lo to 12 inches long, bright green, 

 smooth, whorled near end of branchlet. Flowers creamy white, 

 fragrant, spreading, 8 to 10 inches across, petals narrowed at 

 base. Fruit oblong, 4 to 5 inches long, bright rose at maturity; 

 carpels with long horny tips, seeds f inch long. Preferred habitat, 

 well-drained soil along mountain streams. Distribution, valleys 

 of Appalachian Mountains from Virginia and Tennessee to Georgia, 

 Alabama and northern Mississippi; abundant in South Carolina 

 along headwaters of the Savannah River. Uses: Cultivated in 

 gardens of Eastern States and in Europe. Hardy to New England. 

 The eared leaves of this tree and the prominent horns that 

 decorate its brilliant seed cones readily distinguish it from the 

 preceding species, which it resembles in habit and in the whorled 

 leaf arrangement. The two are alike in their adaptability to 

 culture far outside of their natural range. Each has proved suc- 

 cessful as a hardy stock upon which to graft half-hardy exotic 

 varieties. Planted in the Northern States, these trees seem to hold 

 their own even with M. acuminata. A peculiarity of the mountain 

 magnolia, umbrella tree and large-leaved cucumber tree is that 

 the foliage of all three falls without any perceptible change of 

 colour. The leaves are pretty much frayed and blemished before 

 falling. 



The Hardy Exotic Magnolias 



There are sixteen species of magnolias worth cultivating in 

 this country, six of which are natives. Two of these natives and 

 five exotics have proved hardy as far north as Boston. The 

 others are not to be depended upon north of Washington, D. C. 

 It is plain that they reach their highest development in the South- 

 ern States. 



Whenever you see a magnolia in the North blossoming 

 before the leaves you may be sure that it is an exotic species; 

 and if the flowers are coloured you may be equally sure that it is a 

 hybrid belonging to a group of which the type is Magnolia Sou- 

 langeana. This hybrid is a cross between Magnolia Yulan and 

 Magnolia obovata, and it is most interesting to compare these two 

 with their offspring. Both parents came from China and Japan, 

 where they grow wild. All of our important exotic species are 



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