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green, stiff, leathery foliage that has a brownish hairy coating underneath 
is too per cent hardy at a temperature of twenty below zero. We have 
bought Magnolias in Virginia and found that the variety available there 
are not hardy in this district, but the heavy-leaf sort with the hairy brown 
under-coating grown in Florida is absolutely hardy in our section. Large 
trees of that kind are growing near here and are a pride to their owners. 
M. Lennei is the boldest type, with enormous foliage, and flowers ap¬ 
proximately twice as large, in some cases three times as large as Soulan- 
geana. It is deep pink, with a 
slightly bluish tint where the 
flowers are most deeply colored. 
Flowers fragrant, late flowering; 
blooms frequently all summer. 
M. Liliflora has lily-shaped 
flowers of a brownish - purple 
color, produced in tremendous 
quantities. The general inclina¬ 
tion of this variety is to grow as 
a bush. It is only with difficulty 
that Liliflora can be induced to 
take a tree form. 
M. Nigra is similar to Pur¬ 
purea, but somewhat richer and 
deeper in color; foliage glossy. 
Both M. Nigra and Purpurea 
have a tendency to grow in bush form branched to the ground. 
M. Purpurea has purplish, rich-colored, fragrant flowers of fine texture 
produced in great quantities. The foliage is more glossy than all the others. 
M. SouLANGEANA, best known of all the colored Magnolias. Fast and 
tall growing; good clean foliage; large cup-shaped rose-pink flowers slightly 
fragrant. The heavy crop of bloom is produced before the foliage, but in 
fertile soil if well watered a heavy crop of bloom can be expected in 
July and August. 
M. Stellata (Star Magnolia) also known as * Halleana,” is a compact 
growing bush with small leaves, snow-white, star-shaped flowers, and is 
the earliest flowering variety of all the Magnolias. The flowers o f Stellata 
are more fragrant than on all the rest. 
M. Yulan (Conspicua) is tall growing, w ith pure white, fragrant flow¬ 
ers. At the present it is very scarce and practically unknown to the 
general public. 
