MAGNOLIA 



NATIVE SORTS 



Among the flowering trees useful for street or park planting, these stand pre- 

 eminent. Their stately forms, hardiness, grand, heavy foliage, large, showy flowers 

 and fruits, form an unequaled combination. 



M. acuminata. Cucumber Tree. (L r) Forms a fine pyramidal - 

 shaped tree. The flowers are yellowish white, appearing in June. The fruit, 

 when green, resembles a small cucumber, but when ripe is of a deep scarlet. 

 An excellent avenue or lawn tree. 



M. Fraseri. Frazer's Magnolia. (Mr) A rather slender, pyramidal 

 tree, with wide-spreading branches. The foliage is a good green, and shows 

 to advantage the yellowish white, sweetly scented flowers, and in autumn the 

 rose-colored fruit. 



M. glauca. Sweet or Swamp Magnolia. (S s) A beautiful tree, of fair 

 size when planted in damp ground. The foliage is thick, deep green and 

 glossy, and the sweet-scented white blossoms in June are lovely. 



M. grandiflora. Evergreen Magnolia. (S s) An evergreen species, hardy 

 as far north as Philadelphia. It is a very bushy grower, and the white flowers 

 show well against the thick, glossy dark green foliage. 



M. macrophylla. Great-leaved Magnolia. (M v) A superb species, 

 of medium height and rounded growth. The leaves are of immense size, often 

 two feet in length. The flowers are also very large, sometimes 10 or 12 

 inches in diameter. Its tropical appearance, a character all possess to more or 

 less extent, its large leaves, flowers and scarlet fruit make it most effective. 

 We have two very fine specimens over 40 feet in height on our grounds. 



M, tripetala. Umbrella Tree. (Mr) An open-headed tree, with spreading 

 branches and very large leaves. The flowers in June vary from 4 to 8 inches 

 across, and the oblong fruit is rose-colored. 



CHINESE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS 



These garden sorts flower early ; even before the leaves appear their gorgeous 

 masses of colored bloom are at their best, and their fragrance is as delicious as their 

 grand display of color is pleasing. They transplant best in the spring. 



M. Alexandriana. (Hybrid.) Alexander's Magnolia. (Sm) A form 

 closely resembling M. Soulangeana ; almost identical in color of flower, but 

 blooms a few days earlier. 



M. conspicua. Chinese White Magnolia. (S s) A highly prized spe- 

 cies on account of its large white flowers, which open about the middle of 

 April. Shrub-like growth when young, but attains the size of a tree in time. 



M. Kobus. Thurber's Japanese Magnolia. (S m) A tree of bushy 

 growth and pyramidal form, densely branched. The flowers of creamy yellow 

 appear early in May. A desirable variety. 



M. Lennei. (Hybrid.) Lenne's Magnolia. (Sm) A strong grower; 

 foliage dark green ; flowers dark rose-colored, cup-shaped, opening in May. 

 Very frequently this variety will produce a few flowers in the late summer. 

 One of the best. 



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