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is more like that of tripetala than perhaps any other 

 magnolia, although it has also a fine distinct character of its 

 own. Of a bright silvei- on the under side of the leaf, 

 ■whence the name liypoleiica, the beauty of the foliage is 

 made still more attractive by a distinct flush of red per- 

 vading the leaf stem, mid-rib, and even the more complex 

 veining of the leaf. Held up against the light the 

 appearance of this leaf is fine, but the flower, nevertheless, 

 forms the chief attraction of this as well as of all other 

 magnolias. It blooms in June, is large and milk-white, and 

 above all is very sweet-scented, qualities that would render 

 valuable any flower, but joined to the other characteristic 

 traits of the magnolia they become doubly precious. 



When the M. liypoleuca was first seen in this country, 

 it was believed that the highest development in the way 

 of a June-flowering magnolia had been obtained, but this 

 proved not to be the case. Magnolia parviflora has shown 

 itself, even during the short time it has been introduced, the 

 gem of the entire collection of magnolias ; finer, perhaps, 

 in the sense of combining the greatest number of excellent 

 qualities, and certainly much the best for the exquisite 

 character of its odoi'. 



In a greenhouse one hundred feet long, the scent of the 

 flowers borne on a young plant of this magnolia is delight- 

 fully apparent throughout the entire length of the building. 

 Magnolia hypoleuca has certainly a delightful odor, but this 

 odor of M. parviflora, is more pungent, more delicious 

 and subtle. The petals and their arrangement suggest 

 those of M. glauca, but they, as well as the leaves and 

 entire plant, are much larger, and the centre of the flower 



