The Magnolias and the Tulip Tree 



natives of the same countries, except M. Caniphelli, which comes 

 from the Himalaya Mountains. 



The Yulan magnolia (Magnolia Yulan) has pure white, 

 fragrant flowers, which are bell shaped and fully 6 inches across. 

 It is a hardy tree which grows about 50 feet high. For centuries 

 it has been a favorite in Japanese gardens. The purple magnolia. 

 Magnolia obovata, is only a shrub, and it cannot endure our 

 northern winters. It blooms in May or June — later than the 

 Yulan — and its flowers are relatively small and almost scentless. 

 The outside of the flowers is purple, and it is from this that the 

 hybrids get their shades of pink and rose and crimson. 



It can be readily understood what a triumph it was to cross 

 these two species successfully, for the hybrids are hardy, large- 

 flowered and fragrant; and they present several new and most 

 desirable colours. In this group are the following: Alexandrina, 

 grandis, Lennei, Norberttana and speciosa. They are all small 

 trees, excellent for setting in city yards and in other prominent 

 places, for after the blossoms the fruits and foliage are both 

 decorative. 



The starry magnolia (Magnolia stellata) is also a very fine 

 species for home grounds, as it blooms in March and April 

 and is one of the earliest of the flowering shrubs. Not only is 

 it the' earliest magnolia, but it is wonderfully precocious, 

 beginning to bloom when scarcely 2 feet high. Unlike most 

 magnolias, its flowers are star shaped, opening out flat instead of 

 forming cups or bells. When open the flowers measure 3 inches 

 across. They are made of sixteen to eighteen narrow petals — 

 twice as many as most magnolias have. There is a variety, rosea, 

 with petals flushed with pink outside. 



Magnolia Kobus, a large tree from Japan, is at present of 

 interest only to connoisseurs. Though one of the hardiest o»f 

 the exotics, it does not yet bloom profusely. Its white flowers 

 are star shaped, 4 or 5 inches across. They open in April or May. 



Tender Exotic Magnolias 



Magnolia parviflora, a little known species from Japan, is 

 hardy in Salem, Massachusetts, where a handsome tree, the 

 largest in this country, blooms freely. Its white flowers have 

 few petals, but in form and texture they are exquisite. 



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