MAGNOLIA HYPOLEUCA 
pink flowers ; Giant, an early blooming 
kind with purple flowers and very large 
bronze-coloured leaves which are finely 
crisped and undulated ; Gigatitea, with 
very large leaves and tall masses of rosy 
flowers ; Hyhrida splendens, dwarf but free, 
with heads of rosy-crimson on long stems; 
Hybrida ?ia?ia, a reduced form of the last 
with paler flowers ; Iris is best for its leaves 
which are small, crowded together, and fine 
ly edged and blotched with 
bright red ; Magnet, hand- 
some leaves and rosy flowers; 
Magog is like a strong form 
of M. cordifoUa, with large 
leaves becoming reddish- 
bronze in autumn, and big 
rosy flowers ; Memnon is an- 
other early kind, with purple 
flowers and large leaves 
tinged with the same colour 
in autumn ; '•Pigmy, said to 
be the smallest of all; 'Pro- 
^re-j-j-, with the largest flowers 
of all, rosy-purple in colour 
upon tall stems, and green 
leaves coming nearly pros- 
trate ; 'Puck, another kind 
with large flowers and 
smooth pale-green leaves ; 
Spathulata ; Sturdy, compact 
habit and crumpled dull- 
green leaves with stout stems 
and large heads of rosy 
flowers ; Sunshade, with very 
heavy spreading flower- 
heads. B. 
rant, with a ring of reddish - purple 
anthers in the centre. Mr. Cham- 
bers tells us that only one seed-cone 
has set, but when these fruits are car- 
ried freely their bright red colour 
makes this tree one of the most beauti- 
ful in the mountain forests of Japan, 
where it reaches the size of a timber- 
Magnolia HypoleucA. {Engraved for '■'•Flora.'') 
MAGNOLIA HYPOLEUCA. 
This scarce Japanese tree flowered in 
the garden of Mr. B. E. C. Chambers 
at Grayswood Hill, Haslemere, for 
the first time in June of this year. 
A fine young tree, which has been 
planted just over ten years, carried 
27 flowers, one of which is shown 
life-size in our engraving. They are 
creamy-white in colour and very frag- 
tree 100 feet high. The tree is also 
remarkably handsome in its leaves, 
which are over a foot long, dark green 
above and silvery beneath — a feature 
from which the tree derives its speci- 
fic name. A detailed reference to 
Mag?iolia hypoleiica will be found in 
Mr. Nicholson's monograph of the 
genus in the first volume of Flora, 
page 20. 
