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A Second Blooming of Magnolia Soulangiana. 



D. M. MOTTIER. 



This note is to call attention to the fact of a second blooming in the same 

 year of a purple variety of Magnolia Soulangiana. On the campus of Indiana 

 University a group of thrifty magnolias is cultivated. Among these there 

 are two varieties of M. Soulangiana, one with pink flowers and the other 

 bearing blossoms of a deep purple color. Last spring at the usual time all 

 trees of the two varieties bloomed profusely and, from a number of the 

 flowers, fruits and seeds were developed. In midsummer (July 25 to August 

 10) three trees of the purple variety bore each two or three fine large flowers, 

 which were normal in every respect. No flowers were seen on the variety 

 bearing pink blossoms. This is the first time the writer has observed the 

 occurrence of a second crop of blossoms on a magnolia. It has been learned 

 through acquaintances that the purple variety bloomed a second time this 

 year in one of the eastern states. 



As the blossoms were removed from the trees by children or by un- 

 scrupulous admirers, it was impossible to know whether such flowers would 

 develop fruits. 



