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 



heiglit. 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. macropliylla. 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. S2.00. 

 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 tre& 

 Is of medium size, shrub-like in growth 

 while young, but attains the size of a tree- 

 in time. The ilowers are large, pure white, 

 very numerous, and appear before the 

 leaves. H.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 it. 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 J/, 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 

 31. speciosa. Showy flowered Magnolia. C. 



Resembles the ,'/. Soulangtcma 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 the most valuable sorts. $1 50. 

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

 of if. 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. 32.00. 



MORUS. Mulberry. Maulbeere, Ger. Murier, Fr. 



M. alba. White Mulbekey. 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 growmg and perfectly hardy here. It bears 



delicious fruit from middle of July until autumn. -500. 

 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. Sl.OO. 



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



