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feet or more, which bears rounded, six-inch, cupped, fragrant, white flowers 

 in very late spring and occasionally thereafter. 



X MAGNOLIA SOULANGEANA Saucer Magnolia 



This hybrid of garden origin typifies the Magnolia in the popular mind. 

 It is a small, gray-barked, deciduous tree or large shrub which is seen usually 

 in the form of one or the other of several locally confused varieties. Var. 

 LENNEI has flowers which are rosy-purple outside and white within; var. 

 rustica is more rose-red in flower color; var. ALBA has flowers more nearly 

 white. In all varieties the six-inch flowers open in late April or May before 

 the leaves unfold. 



MAGNOLIA STELLATA Star Magnolia 



A small, bush-headed, fine-textured, deciduous tree or large shrub to some 

 fifteen feet. Its star-shaped, fragrant, white flowers brave the cold and storms 

 of spring before the appearance of the relatively small leaves. The flowers 

 of var. ROSEA are suffused with pink on the outside surfaces of the petals. 



Magnolia virginiana (M. Glauca) SWEET Bay 



An eastern coastal plain plant from Cape Ann — hence the name for the 

 town of Magnolia, Massachusetts — to Florida and Texas. In the North it 

 becomes a small deciduous tree or large shrub. Its small, fragrant, cup-shaped, 

 white flowers, which appear with or after the leaves, give way to small fruiting 

 cones which release bright red fruits. 



Mahonia Aquifolium OREGON HoLLYGRAPE 



A slow-growing shrub with evergreen, or, in inland locations, long-persistent 

 Holly-like leaves which in autumn turn shining purple. Its prominent, yellow 

 flower clusters of early May are followed by black, bloomy fruits. Though 

 hardy over a large part of New England, this plant will not be a true ever- 

 green shrub unless given ample winter moisture and protection from direct 

 winter wind and sun. 



Mahonia repens CREEPING HoLLYGRAPE 



Spreading by underground stems, this foot-high ground cover has somewhat 

 Holly-shaped, dull bluish-green, slightly persistent leaves which do not turn 

 a high autumn color. 



Maidenhair Tree — See Ginkgo 



MALUS Flowering Crabapples 



Here is a bewilderingly complex group of species and natural or garden 

 hybrids in which there are some highly ornamental and useful plants for New 

 England. Possessed of fitting habit, coming into flower in early May, and 

 lighting up the autumn with showy fruits, they seem more adaptable and more 

 amenable to garden treatment than do the Hawthorns with which they com- 

 pete. Like the Thorns, apple fruits of any sort furnish valuable game food. 



Of the numerous clons in cultivation, it has been determined that those 

 of native origin are more susceptible to the cedar apple rust than are those 

 from the Orient. A few of the better and more familiar forms are listed here. 



X MALUS ARNOLDIANA Arnold Crab 



A single, pink-flowered, hybrid Crabapple with larger leaves, paler flowers, 

 and larger, all-yellow fruits than the parent, M. floribunda. Of Asiatic origin. 



x malus atrosanguinea Carmine Crab 



A hybrid Crab which builds up a fine-twigged, bush-like plant with shining, 



