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striking flower dispenses a distinctly disagi'eeable odor, 

 otherwise it would be a tree of specially excellent orna- 

 mental qualities. 



Magnolia tHpetala likewise blooms in late May and. 

 early June in its home in America. Except Magnolia nuicro- 

 phylla, there is no larger-leaved native magnolia than 

 tripetala, hence the common name umbrella magnolia. 

 This large foliage lends a grand aspect to a well-grown 

 specimen of Magnolia tripetala, and in other ways it proves 

 itself much supeiior to M. acuminata. The flowers are 

 creamy or yellowish-white in color, rather than greenish- 

 white like those of M, acuminata. 



Turning to the Asiatic magnolias, we find several othe' 

 varieties that bloom finely in June. There are one or two 

 late-blooming Asiatic varieties, that, long known in this 

 country, have failed to make a favorable impression because, 

 like M. Kohus, for instance, they bloom seldom and sparsely 

 and only in late maturity. Two recently introduced mag- 

 nolias are, however, free from all such objections, and have, 

 besides, very decided advantages peculiar to themselves. 



They are termed respectively J/, liypoleuca and M. 

 parviflora, or Watsmiii, and are rare. We have seen already" 

 that few summer-blooming magnolias have flowers that ^\'\\\ 

 bear comparison with many other blossoms of Jime : hence 

 the two magnolias, liypoleuca and parviflora, become doubly 

 valuable on account of the late season at which their 

 flowers appear. 



Let U.S look at them a moment. They impress us as 

 noble trees, not as shrubs, bearing in this way a certain 

 resemblance to M. tripetala. The foliage of M. hijpolcuca 



