GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



Magnolia acuminata. Cucumber Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal growing tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet in 



height. Leaves 6 to 9 inches long, and bluish green; flowers yellow, tinted with bluish purple; fruit, when 



green, resembling a cucumber, hence the name. June. 50c 

 M. inacrophylla. Great-leaved Magnolia. B. A superb species, of medium size. Leaves two feet in length, 



pubescent and white beneath. Flowers white, of immense size ; when fully blown, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, 



appearing in June. A rare tropical looking tree. $2.00. 

 M. tripetela. Umbrella Tree. B. A hardy, medium-sized tree, with immense leaves, and large, white flowers, 4 to 6 



inches in diameter, appearing in June. $1.00. 



CHINESE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS. 



(Flowering in May before the leaves appear.) 



We now grow our Chinese Magnolias in pots and 

 ship with ball of earth attached, which ensures suc- 

 cessful transplanting. 



Magnolia conspicua. Chinese 'White Magnolia. 



Chandelier, or Yulan Magnolia. C. A 

 Chinese species of great beauty. The tree 

 is of medium size, shrub-like in growth 

 while young, but attains the size of a tree 

 in time. The flowers are large, pure white, 

 very numerous, and appear before the 

 leaves. 51.50. 

 M. Kobus. Thurber's Japan Magnolia. B. A 

 tree of medium size, bushy growth ; flowers 

 blush white and fragrant. $1.00. 

 M. Norbertiana. JS'orbert s Magnolia. C. A 

 hybrid between M. conspicua and M. obov- 

 ata. Tree vigorous and of regular outline; 

 foliage showy; flowers reddish purple. One 

 of the best. $2 00. 

 M. Soulangeana. Soulange's Magnolia. C. In 

 habit it closely resembles M. conspicua; 

 shrubby and branching while young, but 

 becoming a fair-sized tree. Flowers white 

 and purple, cup-shaped, and 3 to 5 inches 

 in diameter. Foliage large, glossy and 

 massive. One of the hardiest and finest of 

 the foreign Magnolias. Blooms later than 

 conspicua. $1.50 

 M. speciosa. Showy flowered Magnolia. C. 



Resembles the J/. Soulangeana in growth 

 and foliage, but tne flowers are a little 

 smaller and of a lighter color, fully a week 

 later, and remain in perfect condition upon 

 the tree longer than those of any other 

 Chinese variety. These qualities combined 

 with its hardiness, render it in our estima- 

 tion, one of Ihe most valuable sorts. $1 50. 

 M. Lennei. Lenne's Magnolia. C. A seedling 

 of M. purpurea. Foliage large, flowers dark 

 purple. A superb variety. $2.00. 

 M. stellata, syn. Halleana. Hall's Japan Mag- 

 nolia. D. Introduced by Dr. Hall from 

 Japan. It is of dwarf habit and produces its 

 pure white semi-double fragrant flowers in 

 April, earlier than any other Magnolia. $2.00. 



MOKUS. Mulberry. Maulbeere, Ger. Murier, Ft. 



M. alba. White Mulberry. B. A native of China. Tree small, and of slender rapid growth. Fruit pinkish white. 

 50c. 



M. Downing. Downing's Everbearing. B. A rapid growing tree, which bears fine fruit. 50c. 



M. New American. B. Fruit large and of fine quality. Tree rapid growing and perfectly hardy here. It bears 



delicious fruit from middle of July until autumn. 50c. 

 M. Tartarica pendula. Weeping Russian Mulberry. D. Forms a perfect umbrella-shaped head, with long, slender 



branches drooping to the ground, parallel to the stem ; very hardy. One of the prettiest small weeping trees. 



See cut. $1.00. 



Hall's Star-shaped Magnolia. (Magnolia Stellata.) 



