GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



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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. 

 glauca. Glaucous-leaved Magnolia or Swamp Laurel, Sweet Bay. C. A small tree, indigenous to 

 New Jersey ; leaves shining above, glaucous or whitish beneath. Flowers white with a very sweet and 

 pleasant odor. May and June. $1.00. 

 macrophylla. 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 diam- 

 eter, 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. 



M. Tliompsoniana. Thompson's Magnolia. B. A hybrid between M. glauca and M. tripetela. Tree of medium 

 size, spreading habit, with large, fine foliage. The flowers, which appear in June, and continue during the 

 summer, are large, creamy-white, and very fragrant, A charming species, requiring some protection in 

 this latitude in winter. $2.00. 



CHINESE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS. 



{Flowering in May before the leaves appear.) 



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. $1.50 to $2.00. 



M. Kobus. Thurber's Japan Magnolia. B. A tree of medium size, bushy growth ; flowers blush white and 

 fragrant. $1.00. 



M. Norbertiana. Norbert's Magnolia. C. A hy- 

 brid between M. conspicua and M. obovata. Tree 

 vigorous and of regular outline ; foliage showy ; 

 flowers reddish purple. One of the best. $2.00. 



M. Soulangeana. Soulange's Magnolia. C. An- 

 other hybrid raised from seed, at Fromont, near 

 Paris. In habit it closely resembles M. conspicua; 

 shrubby and branching while young, but becom- 

 ing a fair-sized tree. Flowers white and purple, 

 cup shaped, and 3 to 5 inches in diameter. Foli- 

 age large, glossy and massive. It forms a hand- 

 some tree worked upon the 31. acuminata. One 

 of the hardiest and finest of the foreign Magnolias. 

 Blooms later than conspicua. See cut. $1.50 to 

 $2.00. 



M. speciosa. Showy-flowered Magnolia. C. Re- 

 sembles the 31 . Soulangeana in growth and foli- 

 age, but the 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 es- 

 timation, one of the most valuable sorts. $1.00. 



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

 purpurea. Foliage large, flowers dark purple. 

 A superb variety. $2.00. 



M. obovata. {purpurea.) Chinese Purple Magnolia. 



C. A dwarf species, with showy purple flowers in May and June, 

 tion. $1.00. 

 var. rubra. Chinese Red Magnolia. C. A variety of the M. obovata. Branches more slender, of more 

 erect habit ; flowers much larger and a deep purple. $2.00. 



M. stellata, syn. Halleana. Hall's Japan Magnolia. D. Introduced by Br. Hall from Japan. It is of dwarf 

 habit and produces its pure white semi-double fragrant flowers in April, earlier than any other Mag- 

 nolia. $2.00. 



Magnolia Soulangeana. ( Reduced Size ). 



Being a little tender, it requires protec- 



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



M. fastigiata. B. A very compact pyramidal grower ; leaves large ; fruit dark brown ; sweet. 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. Weeping Russian Mulberry. D. Forms a perfect umbrella shaped head, with long, slender branches droop- 

 ing to the ground, parallel to the stem ; very hardy. One of the prettiest small weeping trees. See cut. $2. 



