58 TREES AND SHRUBS. 



17, 1892 ; J. G. Jack, August 23, 1905 ; Hondo, near Amori, C. S. Sargent, September 13, 1892, Mt. Chokaizan, 

 J. H Veitch, September 14, 1892 ; near Amori, Z7. Faurie, May, 1900 (No. 3875 in Herb. Arnold Arboretum). 



In the forests of central Hokkaido this is a tree usually from 20 to 30 metres high, with a tall straight trunk sometimes 

 2 decimetres in diameter, and short branches forming a narrow pyramidal or finally a round-topped head. From the 

 typical Magnolia Kobus it seems to differ only in its much larger leaves, larger flowers, with often proportionately 

 broader petals, larger fruits, stouter branches, larger winter-buds, and in the arborescent habit which even young plants 

 assume in cultivation. 



This fine tree was sent to the Arnold Arboretum in 1876 from Sapporo by the late W. S. Clark, President of the 

 Agricultural College of Hokkaido. It is here a fast-growing very hardy tree, but in cultivation it produces its hand- 

 some flowers even more sparingly than Magnolia Kobus. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 

 Plate CXXVI. Magnolia Kobus. 



1 A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. An anther, front view, enlarged. 



3. An anther, rear view, enlarged. 



4. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



5. A seed. 



6. A seed, the outer layer of the testa removed. 



7. A sterile branch, natural size. 



8. A winter branch, with flower-buds, natural si 



