. Landscape gardening. Notes and suggestions on lawns and lawn planting--laying out and arrangement of country places, large and small parks, cemetery plots, and railway-station lawns--deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs--the hardy border-bedding plants--rockwork, etc. Landscape gardening. 46 SPRING EFFECTS ON THE LA WN. M. Lennei, however, is later in flowering, the latest of the Chinese magnolias, if we except perhaps the bloom of M. pv/rpurea and its variety gracilis^ which come about the same time. Lervnei has the inner surface of its petal slightly tinted with red, but the outer side
. Landscape gardening. Notes and suggestions on lawns and lawn planting--laying out and arrangement of country places, large and small parks, cemetery plots, and railway-station lawns--deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs--the hardy border-bedding plants--rockwork, etc. Landscape gardening. 46 SPRING EFFECTS ON THE LA WN. M. Lennei, however, is later in flowering, the latest of the Chinese magnolias, if we except perhaps the bloom of M. pv/rpurea and its variety gracilis^ which come about the same time. Lervnei has the inner surface of its petal slightly tinted with red, but the outer side is solid, rich, royal purple. The flower itself is large, larger than those of any of the hardy magnolias, if we except possibly t/ripetala, and, of course, the enormous petals of M. macrophylla. The lawn planter must not neglect the attractions of M. gracilis. It is, indeed, a variety of M. purpurea, an Asiatic magnolia, by no means hardy in America, but its seedling, gracilis, is hardier. M. gra- cilis displays on its petals the deepest purple o£ the family. It is, moreover, a low shrub like M. Hallea/na (stellata) with a comparatively slender and more elegant growth. Few hardy j^lants possess more noble ornamental quali- ties than Asiatic magnolias, but it must be conceded that while young they are some- what more liable to injury from sudden changes in winter and early spring than some other plants. This is a weakness truly, but such excellence is surely worthy of a little protection for a few years and frequent transplanting in the nursery before permanent setting out, in order to secure the fibrous roots necessary to successful JAPANESE MAGNOLIA. (magnolia stellata. ). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Parsons, Samuel, 1844-1923. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons
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