TREES AND SHRUBS 



oblong, obtuse, three times as long as sepals, purple blotch at base ; Fruit an 

 etserio of follicles, cone ovoid-cylindrical, 4-6 ins. long, bright rose at 

 maturity. 



Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong, cordate at base, obtuse, glabrous and 

 green above, hairy and white beneath, 2\-3X ft. long, 8-10 ins. wide; 

 petiole stout, 2-4 ins. long. 



A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft. ; Bark smooth, white or grayish ; Buds 

 pubescent ; heart-wood brown, satiny, hard ; sap-wood light yellow. 



Discovered by Michaux in Carolina in 1789; introduced 1800. 



PURPLE-FLOWERED MAGNOLIA, Magnolia obovata. 



Gardens, walls. This is a dwarf species except when grown on a wall. 

 April, May. 



Mowers purple outside, white within, large, fragrant, tulip-like, solitary ; 

 Petals 6 ; Fruit an eterio of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, obovate, acute, wavy, dark green, small. 



A deciduous shrub, 5-8 ft. ; forming dense bush 8-10 ft. through, or tree 

 20-30 ft. ; Shoots having odour of camphor. 



Native of China and cultivated in Japan ; introduced 1790. Syn. 31 

 purpurea, 31. discolor, &c. 



SMALL-LEAVED MAGNOLIA, Magnolia parviflora. 



Gardens. April — July. 



Flowers white, 3 ins. diam., almost globular, solitary ; Sepals 3, drooping ; 

 Petals 6-7, 2 ins. long, rosy-tinted externally; Anthers red; Fruit an eta?rio 

 of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, cuspidate, wavy, 5 ins. long, 4 ins. wide, principal 

 veins and petioles pubescent, reddish hairs \ in. long. 



A deciduous shrub. • 



Native of Japan ; introduced about 1893. 



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