DESCRIPTION OF FOREIGN 
SHRUBS 
1. Star-flowered Magnolia. (Magnolia stellata.) 
LEAF; 2'-4', simple, alternate, entire, elliptical, thick, leathery. 
FLOWER: p. white, 3’ across (petals about 15, narrow, stamens 
many), single, before leaves, said to be the earliest flowering and 
smallest magnolia; 4°-8°. Japan. (PI. I.) 
2. Purple Magnolia. (M. purpurea and soulangeana.) 
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LEAF: 5'-7', simple, alternate, entire, oval to obovate, thick, 
deep green. FLOWER: p. purplish-pink and white, large, 3’ 
long or more, single (petals 6 or g, stamens many), abundant, 
showy, before leaves. Purpurea is more purple than soulangeana, 
which is probably a hybrid. 5°-15°. Japan. 
2°. Chinese Dwarf Cherry-tree. (Prunus sinensis.) 
LEAF: 1'-3', simple, alternate, serrate, elliptical, hairy be- 
neath on veins, no glands on stem. FLOWER: p. white or rosy- 
red (petals 5, stamens many), abundant, 2-3-clustered, earliest 
spring ; only about 3° high. 
3. Flowering Almond. (Amygdalon communis flore pleno.) 
LEAF: 2’, simple, alternate, serrate, oblong - lance - shaped, 
smooth, I or 2 glands on stem. FLOWER: double, rose-color or 
white, before the leaves. Asia. 
4. African Tamarix. (Tamarix africana.) 
LEAF: ¥%’, simple, alternate, awl-shaped, minute, appressed 
to stem ; branches very slender, somewhat drooping. FLOWER: 
pink, very small (petals and sepals 4 or 5, stamens 8 or I0), pro- 
fuse, entirely covering branches of last year’s growth ; delicate and 
unique; May and June. (PI. I.) 
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