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The Stately Beauty, Magnolia Grandiflora “ca 
T is the finest of all the broad-leaved evergreens. In its southern home specimens 
75 to #100 feet are not unknown and trees of over 50 feet are common. Richly 
fragrant white flowers, often a foot in diameter, are borne for full two months in 
spring, with sometimes an aftermath of fall bloom. The broad and _ glistening 
green leaves surround each flower to make it a_ perfect Nature's bouquet. The 
hardiness of this Magnolia is underestimated. Often grown as far north as Phila- 
delphia, good specimens are found on Long Island and in Kentucky. In Knoxville 
it has withstood a temperature of 17 degrees below zero. Planting of properly-grown 
stock and limited protection will insure success in many northern communities with this 
Crowning Glory of the Old-Time Southern Home 
It grows in several varieties. Magnolia Grandiflora is the most beautiful, doubtless, but the Large-flowered Magnolia (Magnolia 
Grandiflora Gloriosa) is a pleasing variation with blossoms often measuring 15 inches in diameter. Other Magnolias include the Sweet 
Bay (Magnolia Glauca) of our southern swamps and lowlands, than which 
there is nothing sweeter, the Starry Magnolia (Magnolia Stellata), a large 
shrub or small tree, hardy, and a dream of spring loveliness. The Yulan 
(Magnolia Conspicua) is a showy tree, literally covered with flowers in 
spring, different from others. Nothing can be finer than combination 
planting of part of the home grounds with selected Magnolias in a large 
portion of the United States. The splendid evergreen kinds especially 
deserve to be much more extensively used. 
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4 to 3 feet, Knoxville-grown and the finest in existence. Magnolias 
can be grown from seed, but it takes years of careful attention and expert 
knowledge to germinate the seed, get the plants started and grown to 
useful size. We relieve you of all this trouble and care, and furnish you 
hardy, sturdy trees, grown under conditions of soil and climate that have 
given them the maximum of good qualities. Prices? Most reasonable. 
$1 each, or $10 a dozen, transportation charges prepaid. You can’t get as 
good stuff elsewhere right at the Nursery, with the freight to pay. 
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We want to get acquainted with you, 
wherefore we've made a nursery catalog 
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fairly before you. Every copy costs us over 
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Down here in the heart of the Southern 
Alleghenies there’s an ideal combination of 
soil and climate which we are putting to the 
uses for which it was intended by the Creator 
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