. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 105G The American Florist. May j/t too little known trees and shrubs well suited for the decoration of northern parks and gardens. Among the American magnolias in the group on the right-hand side of the Jamaica Plain entrance M. Fraseri is already opening its large cream- colored flowers which are conspicuous on the ends of the branches. This small tree is a native of the southern Appalachian Mountains and is perfect- ly hardy in the Arboretum. The small, bright canary yellow flowers of M. cordata open almost at t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 105G The American Florist. May j/t too little known trees and shrubs well suited for the decoration of northern parks and gardens. Among the American magnolias in the group on the right-hand side of the Jamaica Plain entrance M. Fraseri is already opening its large cream- colored flowers which are conspicuous on the ends of the branches. This small tree is a native of the southern Appalachian Mountains and is perfect- ly hardy in the Arboretum. The small, bright canary yellow flowers of M. cordata open almost at the same time. This magnolia was sent from the United States to France more than a hundred years ago and is now only known in the descendants of the trees cultivated in France, all attempts to find the wild trees in recent years hav- ing proved unsuccessful. This is a shapely, desirable and perfectly hardy ornamental tree. The leaves are dark rich green; the abundant flowers are of an unusual color for those of a magnolia, and the second crop of flow- ers which these trees usually produce in summer adds to its value. The cul- tivated trees produce no seeds, and as it can only be propagated by grafting Magnolia cordata is rare in collections. Some of the most beautiful and in- testing shrubs now in flower will be found among the bush honeysuckles. The decorative value of some of these can best be seen in the grass border by the Bussey Hill Road, opposite the lilac group, where several of these shrubs have been so planted that they have abundant space for full develop- ment and can show all their beauty of foliage, flowers and fruit. In the shrub collection there are a large number of these plants, and others can be found in the supplementary collection in the border on linden path in the rear of the group of Linden trees. In the shrub collection several interesting species are in flower or will soon be in flower. Attention is called to Loni- cera syringantha and its variety Wolfi
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