FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



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Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



and 

 Season. 



General Remarks. 



Magnolia glauca 

 {the Swamp Mag- 

 nolia) 



1*M. grandiflora (the 

 i Evergreen Mag- 

 I nolia) 



North America 



Southern 

 United States 



M. hypoleuca 



*M. Lennei 



Japan 



Garden origin 



M. obovata (Syn M. 

 purpurea) 



M. parviflora 



*M. soulangeana 



'M. stellata (Syn M. 

 halleana) 



Japan 



Japan 



Garden origin 



Japan 



White 



White; 



late 

 Summer 



Creamy 

 white 



Glowing 

 purple 

 outside 

 pinkish 

 within ; 

 late Spring 



Purple 

 outside, 

 whitish 

 within ; 

 late Spring 



White ; 



May and 



June 



White, 

 tinged 

 purple 

 outside ; 

 Spring . 

 Pure white ; 

 March 



A shrub from 10 to 12 feet 

 high, with flowers not borne 

 all at once, as in most of the 

 others, but scattered over 

 two or three months, from 

 June onwards. It makes a 

 pretty lawn shrub for a damp 

 spot. 

 The evergreen Magnolia is 

 more generally grown as a 

 wall plant than in the open 

 ground, though in the south 

 and west of England it will 

 thrive perfectly without pro- 

 tection. As a wall covering 

 the handsome dark - green 

 leaves render it effective at 

 all seasons, and they also 

 serve as an admirable setting 

 for the large cup-shaped 

 deliciously-scented flowers. 

 In Japan this is a tree 60 feet 

 high, and is said to be a 

 very desirable kind, but it 

 has not been long introduced , 

 and the plants of it in this 

 country are small. 

 The flowers of this are large, 

 massive in texture, and de- 

 lightfully coloured. They 

 are a month or two later than 

 those of the Yulan, hence 

 they escape the frosts which 

 sometimes injure it. 

 A spreading shrub 6 to 8 feet 

 high, with flowers much 

 smaller than those of M. 

 Lennei, and not of so 

 pleasing a colour. It is, 

 however, a handsome shrub, 

 less particular in its require- 

 ments than most Magnolias. 

 A neat bush. The centre of 

 the flower is occupied by a 

 ring of bright-red filaments. 

 It is rather tender, 

 A small tree more spreading in 

 character than M. conspicua, 

 and flowering also a little 

 later. Very pretty, early 

 flowering. 

 The earliest of all the Mag- 

 nolias. It is a much branched 

 shrub, seldom more than 

 4 feet high, and as much 

 through. The flowers, which 

 are borne in great profusion, 

 are about 3 inches in dia- 

 meter, and composed of a 

 dozen or so of strap shaped 

 petals ; a lovely shrub. 



