Il. MAGNOLIA‘CE#: MAGNO‘LIM. 23 
? M. g. 3 exoniénsis Hort. M. g, lanceolata Ait.; M. g. stricta Hort. ; 
M. g. ferruginea Hort. The Exmouth Magnolia, (Bot. Mag., t. 
1952.; Bot. Cab., t. 1814.; the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edition, vol. v.; 
and our jig. 33.) — The leaves are oblong-elliptical, generally rusty 
33. Magnolia grandiflora exoniénsis. 
underneath. Flowers somewhat contracted. This is the most 
distinct of all the varieties of the species, and, on account of its 
flowering early and freely, the one best deserving of general culture. 
It forms a tall, fastigiate, elegant bush, or tree, and has attained 
the height of 30 ft., as a standard, at various places in the South of 
England. 
£ AL. g. 4 angustifolia Hort. — Leaves lanceolate, pointed at both extre- 
mities, wavy. A very distinct variety, introduced from Paris about 
1825, which has not yet flowered in England. 
2 M. g. 5 pre‘cor Andry.—Leaves oval-oblong. Flowers fully expanded. 
This is an early variety, introduced from Paris about 1830. The 
flowers are as large as those of any of the varieties, and they are 
produced from the end of May till the approach of winter. 
Other Varieties. In consequence cf the great demand for this species in 
the nurseries, many slight variations have been noticed by cultivators, and 
named as distinct. In the garden of the London Horticultural Society, 
in 1834, there were plants with the following names : — M. g. vera, M. g. 
latifolia, M. g. exoniénsis var., and M. g. rubigindsa. In the London nurse- 
ries are — M. g. rotundifolia Swt., M. g. elliptica Ait., and various others. 
In the nursery of M. Roy, at Angers, are 18 varieties, umong which are 
included MM. g. longifolia unduldta, M. g. exoniénsis a fleur demi-double, M. 
g. canaliculé, M. g. floribinda, M, g. foliis variegatis, &c. At Desio, near 
Monza, there is a variety called AZ. g. magordénsis. 
Selection of Varieties. M. g. obovata deserves the preference for the mag- 
nificence of its fuliage ; and M. g. exoniénsis, because it flowers early and 
freely ; and because, from the fastigiate form of the tree, it is less liable 
to be injured by a heavy fall of snow; it seems also to grow faster than 
any of the other varieties. Where the tree is to be trained against a wall, 
M. g. pre’cox deserves the preference, on account of the largeness of its 
flowers, and because they appear early, and continue during the whole 
summer. M. g. angustifolia deserves imei on account of its foliage, which 
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