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growth. The leaves often measure 7 inches long by 3 inches 

 broad. 



M. Lenn:e. — This is a garden hybrid between M. 

 conspicua and M. obovata discolor, and has flowers as 

 large as a goose's egg, of a rosy-purple colour, and 

 produced profusely. 



M. maceophylla. — North America, 1800. This species 

 has very large leaves ; and flowers larger, perhaps, than 

 those of any other Magnolia, being from 8 inches to 10 

 inches in diameter. They are very showy, and white with 

 a purple centre. It attains a height of 30 feet. 



M. obovata discolob (syn M. pwrjywrea). — Japan, 1790. 

 This is a small-growing, deciduous shrub, with large, dark- 

 green leaves and tulip-shaped flowers that are purple on 

 the outside and almost white within. 



M. paevifloea, from Japan, with creamy-white, fragrant 

 flowers, that are globular in shape, is a very distinct and 

 attractive species, but cannot generally be relied upon as 

 hardy. 



M. stellata (syn M. Halleana). — Japan, 1878. A neat, 

 small-growing, Japanese species, of bushy habit, and quite 

 hardy in this country. The small, white, fragrant flowers 

 are produced abundantly, even on young plants, and as 

 early as April. One of the most desirable and handsome 

 of the small-growing species. M. stellata rosea (pink 

 variety) received an Award of Merit at the meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society on March 28, 1893. This 

 bids fair to be really a good thing, and may best be 

 described as a pink-flowered form of the now well-known 

 and popular species. 



M. Umbbella (syn M. tripetala). — Umbrella Tree. North 

 America, 1752. A noble species, with large, deep-green 

 leaves that are often 16 inches long. It is quite hardy 

 around London, and produces its large, white, fragrant 

 flowers in succession during May and June. The fruit is 

 large and showy, and of a deep purplish-red colour. 



