66 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
toacone. Bark dark brown on the young branches; terminal winter 
buds over 44 in. long. Small tree (10 to 30 ft.) with spreading habit 
and stout branches; very extensively cultivated for its abundant 
early bloom; from China. 
10. Magnolia Kobus. (THURBER’s Ja- 
PAN MaGNno.ia.) Leaves similar to the pre- 
ceding, but smaller. Flowers also similar, 
but pure white. Fruit abundantly formed, 
with several (2 to 12) seeds to the cone. 
Bark green on the young growth; terminal 
winter-buds under 4 in. long. Small tree 
(15 to 40 ft.) with erect habit and slender 
branches. A beautiful tree of recent intro- 
duction from Japan. 
‘11, Magnolia pu-- 
purea, Sims. (Pur- 
M, Kobus. PLE JAPAN MAGNo- 
LIA.) Leaves obovate, pointed at both ends, 
dark green. Flowers erect, of 3 sepals and 6 
obovate, purple petals; blooming about as the 
leaves expand. A low tree, or usually merely 
a shrub, from Japan; often cultivated. 
Besides the Magnolias here given, there are 
quite a number of varieties and hybrids in cul- M. purpurea. 
tivation, from China and Japan, most of,them blooming before the 
leaves expand in spring. 
Genus 2, LIRIODENDRON. 
Trees with alternate, deciduous, smooth, stipulate, 4- 
lobed leaves, the stipules large, at- 
tached entirely around the stem, 
and leaving a ridge when they 
drop off, as in the genus Magnolia. 
Flowers tulip-shaped, large (3 in.), 
greenish-yellow. May to June. 
Fruit a pointed cone, 3 in. long, 
hanging on the tree till autumn. 
Liriodéndron tulipifera, L. (Tu.ip- 
L. tulipifera. TREE.) Leaves large, smooth on both 
