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CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



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Medium-sized, rather slender tree (30 to 

 50 ft.), with soft yellowish-white wood. 

 Virginia and southward. Hardy and ex- 

 tensively cultivated as far north as New 

 York City. 



7. Magnolia umbr611a, Lam. (UM- 

 BRELLA TREE.) Leaves clustered at the 

 ends of the branches, obovate-lanceo- 

 late, pointed at both ends, 1 to 2 ft. long ; 

 downy beneath when young, but soon be- 

 coming smooth. Flowers white, 6 to 8 

 in. broad. May. Fruit oblong, 4 to 6 in. 



loug,rather rose- I 



colored when 



ripe in autumn. 



A small, rather 



straggling tree, 



20 to 40 ft. high ; common in the Southern 



States, and wild as far north as New York 



State ; cultivated throughout. 



M. Fr&serl. 



M. umbrella. 



8. Magnolia 

 hypoleuca, S. & 

 Z. (JAPAN MAG- 

 NOLIA.) Leaves 

 large (1ft. long), 

 somewhat pur- 

 ple-tinted above, 

 white and glaucous beneath. Midrib and 

 leafstalk often red. Flowers cream-white, 

 fragrant, appearing after the leaves in 

 June. Twigs stout 

 and polished. A 

 medium-sized, very 



erectly growing tree ; from Japan. 



9. Magnolia conspicua, Salisb. (YuLAN OK 

 CHINESE WHITE MAGNOLIA.) Leaves decid- 

 uous, obovate, abruptly acuminate, pubescent 

 when young. Flowers large (4 in.), cream- 

 white, very fragrant, appearing very early 

 (May), before any of the leaves. Fruit rarely 

 formed, with few (1 to 3, rarely more) seeds 



