GENERAL COLLECTION 
PRICE SCHEDULE 
B 5 to 6 ft.$10.00 
C 4 to 5 ft. 7.50 
D 3 to 4 ft. 6.00 
E 214 to 3 ft. 5.00 
F 2 to 214 ft. 4.00 
(Letters after varieties indicate sizes available) 
All rate H5 (V) for hardiness. 
M. Soulangeana, SAUCER MAGNOLIA. CD. This hybrid of M. liliflora x denudata 
(conspicua) is the basis of many fine varieties. Makes a very large shrub or if so trained 
even a fair sized tree. Flowers of medium size, have nine petals, ground color practically 
white, but well marked with purple on outside toward base. Very free bloomer before 
leaves appear. 
M. soulangeana amabilis. BCD. Flowers are very large with petals up to four inches 
long; somewhat purplish at first becoming nearly but not entirely white when fully 
opened. Very early and superb in every way. 
M. soulangeana lennei, LENNE MAGNOLIA. BCDE. Bears enormous balloon shaped, 
very deep ruddy purple flowers. One of the latest to bloom. Very strong grower. Rare 
and highly esteemed for its huge flowers and gorgeous color. 
*M. soulangeana rustica. BCD. Considered the hardiest. Flowers very ruddy and much 
like lennei but about a week earlier. 
*M. soulangeana Var. III. CDE. An unidentified but very pleasing and distinct form. 
The flowers are much larger than in the type, well rounded, purple about half way up 
on the outside. One of the latest. We like it. 
M. stellata. BCDEF. Entirely distinct from soulangeana group. Practically always a 
shrub and of rather slow growth. Petals average about fifteen; are about two inches 
long and very narrow. Flowers faintly flushed in bud but open white. Very precocious; 
even small plants bloom most profusely. Truly one of the aristocrats. 
For species grown from seed (some rare) see Part II. 
FLOWERING QUINCES 
CHAENOMELES (Cydonia) H5 (V) 
In G. A. ’39 we treated this valuable group very fully so this year cannot give them 
the space they richly deserve. However we feel that the newest ones should again be 
described. 
NOVELTIES 
(First offered last year) 
CRIMSON AND GOLD. Flowers somewhat cupped, almost as large as ‘‘Blood Red” 
but of much deeper color, rich velvety dark red with a mass of golden stamens. Belongs 
to the C. superba group so plant is only of moderate size. Originated here as a cross 
between C. japonica alpina “Naranja” and C. sp. sanguinea. Last year we said that it 
was in bloom December 10th. This year it commenced in the last days of November. It 
has a second and sometimes a third crop so a very long blooming season. 3-4 ft. $2.50, 
2-3 ft. $2.00, 114-2 ft. $1.50. 
CATHAYENSIS HYBRIDS 
This group which originated here constitutes a new and entirely distinct species which 
we have decided to call Chaenomeles californica. They are the result of crossing C. 
cathayensis onto C. superba corallina. Growth is vigorous with stout branches well sup¬ 
plied with short laterals. Most of them bloom in extreme profusion, often giving a 
solidi mass along the branches for as much as two or three feet with a diameter of six 
or eight inches. Flowers are large and colors brilliant. Fruit large. Some are much 
earlier than other Flowering Quinces. We have flowered them for the last three years 
and selected the following numbers for propagation out of several hundred seedlings. 
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