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white ; appearing very early. Quite a tall shrub or tree when 

 worked on strong growing stocks. 



M. Lcnnci. — Lenne's Hybrid. — Flowers large and showy, crim- 

 son outside, and pearl-colored within. 



M. Nor1>&Ttiana. — Norbert's Hybrid. — A seedling of the nexf, 

 with dark purple flowers. 



M. Sonlangcana. — Soulange's Hybrid. — A low spreading tree 

 with large whitish flowers, with purple at the base of the 

 petals. 



M. speciosa. — Showy Magnolia. — Flowers smaller than the last, 

 but appearing a week later, but similar in color. 



M. stricta. — Great Chinese M. — Flowers slightly tinted with 

 purple, but almost white, an erect growing and free-blooming 

 variety. 



M. snpcrba. — Superb Chinese M. — Flowers darker than those 

 of Soulangeana, otherwise quite similar. 



M. liypolenca. — Japan M. — A recently introduced species, with 

 very large leaves sometimes tinted with purple. A very erect 

 growing tree, with creamy-white fragrant flowers, appearing 

 after the leaves have expanded. 



M. Eobns. — Thurber's Japan M. — A medium sized bush with 

 fragrant blush-white flowers. 



M. parTiflora. — Small-flowered Japan M. — A new variety with 

 small, very fragrant flowers. Leaves large and handsome. 



31. purpurea. — ^Purple Japan M. — An old dwarfish variety, with 

 dark, purple flowers, rather tender. A variety of this known 

 in catalogues under the name of M. gracilis, has very slender, 

 upright stems. It blooms freely in my grounds when given a 

 slight protection in winter. 



M. stellata. — Star MagnoUa, Hall's Japan M. — A low-growing 

 shrub, with pure white fragrant flowers, of a rather loose and 

 irregular shape, but appearing in spring before those of any 

 other species. 



MELiA, Linn. — Pride of India. 



A genus of handsome tropical or sub-tropical trees. Princi- 

 pally evergreen, with large, handsome pinnate or doubly -pin- 

 nate leaves. While there are no species native of the United 

 States, there is one that was so early introduced into the 

 Southern States, it has run wUd, and become so fully natur- 



