Magnolias 
All the finer Oriental Magnolias have always been very scarce; a condition which 
will be worse for some years to come as grafting stocks are raised from seed grown in 
the Orient which will not be again available until after the war ends. As a substitute 
we can use seed from any of the deciduous kinds and if any of our friends have seed on 
their trees and want to “acquire merit’’ we hope they will send it to us. We will gladly 
refund postage or pay express charges and of course reciprocate the favor. This request 
does not include M. grandiflora as that is useless for this purpose. 
As to the kinds offered below please note that this year on account of scarcity we 
make no distinction in price whether plants do or do not have flower buds and we make 
no promises at all on that point. Every plant offered however is grafted which tends 
toward early production of flowers. 
SPECIAL LIST 
M. campbelli (7). This grand Magnolia from the foothills of the Himalayas has been 
celebrated in horticultural literature for many decades, but owing to difficulty of propa- 
gation there have been only a few trees in the U. S. A. and none of these had been 
known to flower until the specimen in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, bloomed in the 
spring of 1940. The flowers are rosy pink and may range anywhere from 8 to 14 inches 
wide. It prefers cool, moist conditions and here anyway does not like full sun when 
young. A.M.C.H.S. Balled 1% to 2 ft. $10.00, 1 to 1% ft. $7.50; pot grown 12 to 15 in. 
$5.00, 10 to 12 in. $4.00, 8 to 10 in. $3.50. 
We have some colored half-tone plates( made in England, postcard size) of the 
flowers and will send one on request. 
M. liliflora nigra (5). This has been listed previously as M. liliflora gracilis, but, we are 
now convinced, in error. A very rare and striking variety. Buds are pansy black. The 
open flowers are almost that dark outside and even deep velvety purple on the inside, a 
character not shared by any other Magnolia we have ever seen. Grows rather slowly 
and is a very free bloomer. Will grow in full sun, but in bright climates partial shade 
is desirable to prevent any fading of the remarkable coloring. Balled 1% to 2 ft. $6.00. 
*M. sinensis (7). At last we are able to offer this beauty which got the F.C.C.R.H.S. 
It might be called a glorified form of M. parviflora as it also has pendulous saucer 
shaped flowers but noticeably larger. Petals are pure white, stamens brilliant crimson. 
Does not set buds in fall but blooms on new wood in May or June. Balled 2% to 3 ft. 
$12.50, 2 to 2% ft. $10.00. 
*M. stellata rubra (5). This is not a recognized botanical variety and we know nothing 
of its origin except that it turned up here 8 or 9 years ago in a lot of plants of M. stell- 
ata rosea which we had bought to grow on. The color is purplish red, altogether too deep 
to be called pink. It is hard to propagate, a slow grower and probably will make only a 
small shrub which should be planted where it is sheltered from both wind and strong 
sun. Balled 1 to 1% ft. $5.00. 
M. veitchi (7). This hybrid was mentioned in G. A. ’42, but very briefly because we 
had only a few plants then and had not seen it bloom. Well, “seeing is believing” and 
when it flowered here last March we knew it would indeed live up to all claims made 
for it which in fact it should when its parents, two of the finest species known, are con- 
sidered. These are the grand, but rather tender rosy pink M. campbelli and the hardy 
pure white M. denudata, better known as M. conspicua. The result is a plant of re- 
markably vigorous growth bearing enormous flowers which are soft shell pink without 
the slightest suggestion of purple. As to hardiness it has both flowered and fruited in 
Seattle which reminds us that the red fruit up to a foot long is also highly effective 
in autumn. Balled 4 to 5 ft. $25.00, 3% to 4 ft. $20.00, 3 to 3% ft. $17.50, 2% to 3 ft. 
$15.00, 2 to 2% ft. $12.50, 1% to 2 ft. $10.00. 
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