DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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LOCUST, HONEY, THREE-THORN ED ACACIA — A strange but striking 
ornamental tree, with large branched reddish spines on trunk and branches; 
forms a broad graceful, rather loose head, with finely pinnate, glossy green 
foliage; the greenish flowers appearing in racemes in the early summer are 
followed by flat ornamental bean-like pods eight to ten inches long. As ave- 
nue trees they are very picturesque. 
LOCUST, ROSE OR MOSS — A native specimen of spreading, irregular 
growth, very long, elegant clusters of pea shaped, rose-colored flowers in 
June, and at intervals throughout the season. Compound foliage of a pleasing 
shade of light green. 
MAGNOLIA (Native Sorts) — It would be difficult to over-praise Magnolias, 
they make beautiful trees for ornamental planting, and the acuminata and 
tripetela are also valuable as street and avenue trees. The leaves are large, 
dark green, the flowers white or yellowish white, and most of them sweet- 
scented. Nearly all of them bear large and conspicuous fruit pods — the tripe- 
tela being especially handsome in this respect. 
MAGNOLIA, ACUMINATA (Cucumber Tree) — A majestic pyramidal grow- 
ing tree, with large, conspicuous leaves and yellowish-white flowers; fruit 
when green, resembling a cucumber, hence the name. 
MAGNOLIA, M. GLAUCA— Sweet Bay— (15 to 20 feet.) The Sweet White 
Magnolia is greatly prized for its beautiful, white, sweet-scented flowers. 
These flowers come later than those of most all other kinds, not expanding 
until the first week in June. In sheltered places it is almost or quite an 
evergreen. Though it grows in swamps and low ground in its wild state it 
does equally well in higher situations. 
MAGNOLIA, M. TRIPETALA (Umbrella Tree)— A hardy, medium size, 
tree with immense leaves and large white flowers four to six inches in diam- 
eter, appearing in June. 
MAGNOLIA, CHINESE AND JAPANESE SORTS— The Chinese and Japa- 
nese are not so large-growing as the native ones, their maximum height be- 
ing about twenty to thirty feet. They can either be trimmed up to a single 
stem — tree form — or allow to grow bushy as shrubs, in which form it could be 
kept to any desired height. 
MAGNOLIA, CHINESE WHITE (Alba Conspicua)- — A beautiful Chinese 
variety, with large white flowers that appear before the leaves. Tree of small 
size. 
MAGNOLIA, SNOWY-FLOWERED (M. Apecious) — Resembles the Sou 
langeana; flowers not as large or as deep in color; exceedingly free bloomer 
and flowers remain on tree longer than any other Chinese variety. One of 
the hardiest and best. 
MAGNOLIA, LENNEI — (20 to 25 feet) — The large cup shaped, rosy-pink 
flowers are beautiful, and are unlike those of any other sort. 
MAGNOLIA, PURPURPEA (OBOVATA) — (G to 10 feet)— Bushy growth; 
flowers are purple, after many others are over. 
MAGNOLIA SOULANGEANA (15 to 20 feet) — Perhaps the most popular of 
all Magnolias, being of vigorous growth, and blooming profusely, even when 
