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Ornamental Shrubs. 



hairs. The flowers are white, five or six inches in diameter, 

 and highl)- fragrant. They are especially beautiful because 

 of the blood-red filaments which surround the pistils, as 

 well as from their large proportions. They grow singly 

 on short peduncles, and cover the tree while the foliage 



MAGNOLIA WATSONII OR PARVIFLORA. 



buds are breaking into green. M. Iciuici is another strik- 

 ing Chinese hybrid, whose flowers are crimson or purple 

 without, but white within. It is prized wherever known, 

 and claimed by some to be the best of the purple varieties. 

 M. piLTptirca, popularly known as the purple magnolia, 



