III. UAGtiOLTJ'CE^: MAGNOY/.^. 



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M. g. 3 exoniensis Hort, M. g, lanceolata Ait. ; M. g. stricta Hort. ; 

 M. g. ferruginea Hort. The Exmouth Magnolia. (Bot. Mag., t. 

 1952. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1814.; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edition, vol. v. ; 

 and OUT Jig. 33.) The leavea are oblong-elliptical, generally rusty 



33. Magn61a grandiflora exoniensis. 



underneath. Flowers somewhat contracted. This is the most 

 distinct of all the varieties of the species, and, on account of its 

 flowering early and freely, the one best deserving of general culture. 

 It forms a tall, fastigiate, elegant bush, or tree, and has attained 

 the height of 30 ft., as a standard, at various places in the South o*^ 

 England, 

 t M. g. 4 angusfifdlia Hort. Leaves lanceolate, pointed at both extre- 

 mities, wavy. A very distinct variet}', introduced from Paris about 

 1825, which has not yet flowered in England. 

 1 M. g. 5 'proB'cox Andry. Leaves oval-oblong. Flowers fully expanded. 

 This is an early variety, introduced from Paris about 1830. The 

 flowers are as large as those of any of the varieties, and they are 

 produced from the end of IMay till the approach of winter. 

 Other Varieties. In consequence of the gi'eat demand for this species in 

 the nurseries, many slight variations have been noticed by cultivators, and 

 named as distinct. In the garden of the London Horticultural Society, 

 in 1834-, there were plants with the following names : il/. g. vera, M. g. 

 latifolia, M. g. exoniensis var., and j\I. g. rubiginosa. In the London nurse- 

 ries are M. g. rotundifdiia Swt., M. g. elliptica Ait., and various others. 

 In the nursery of M. Roy, at Angers, are 18 varieties, among which are 

 included M. g. longifolia nndiilata, M. g. exoniensis a Jieur demi-doiiblc, 21. 

 g. canalicule, M. g. floribunda, M. g. foliis variegdtis, &c. At Desio, near 

 Monza, there is a variety called AI. g. magordensis. 



Selection of Varieties. M. g. obovdta deserves the preference for the mag- 

 nificence of its foliage; and AI. g. exoniensis, because it flowers early and 

 freely ; and because, from the fastigiate form of the tree, it is less liable 

 to be injui'ed by a heavy fait of snow; it seems also to grow faster than 

 any of the other varieties. Where the tree is to be trained against a wall, 

 ilf. j^. ^rcE Var deserves the preference, on account of the largeness of its 

 flowers, and because they appear eai'ly, and continue during the whole 

 summer. M. g. angustifolia deserves culture on account of its foHage, which 



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