THE MAGNOLIAS 



with flowers suffused with rose colour. Many fine 

 examples grow in this country and at Hampton, 

 near Baltimore, Maryland, there is a specimen with a 

 trunk 8 feet in girth. Very similar to this are forms 

 known in gardens as M. speciosa, M. superba, M. 

 cyathiformis, M. Alexandria, M. spedahilis, and M. 

 triumphans. Quite distinct is Magnolia Lennei, 

 with its large blossoms, the outside of the petals 

 of which are port-wine coloured at the base, and rich 

 crimson toward the tips. It is a late-flowering kind 

 which originated as a seedling in Italy, and is regarded 

 as a natural hybrid of the two Yulans. Perhaps the 

 finest of all these hybrids is that known as M. rustica 

 rubra, with its large, cheery, rose-red flowers each petal 

 of which is edged with white. It is a chance seedling 

 supposed to be from M. Lennei and originated in a 

 nursery in Boskoop, Holland, some twenty-five years 

 ago. 



The Japanese M. kobus is common in the forests 

 throughout the greater part of Japan. The southern 

 and typical form is a large bush or low tree, but the 

 northern form (var. horealis) is a fine tree from 60 to 

 75 feet tall, broad-pyramidal in outline with a 

 smooth trunk 6 feet in girth. This variety is the 

 most northern of all Magnolias and was introduced 

 into this country by Mr. W. S. Clark in 1876 and 

 later was sent to Europe, It has proved to be the 



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