Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees,. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, etc. descriptivecatal1891will Year: 1891 Deciduous Trees. 9 MAGNOLIA SOULANGEANA. CHINESE MAGNOLIAS. These are probably the most showy and popular of our hardy flowering trees. They commence to bloom at the first approach of warm weather in spring, before the leaves appear. A well grown tree, in full bloom, with thousands of flowers fully expanded, is a beautiful sight, resembling an immense pyramidal bouquet ten or fifteen feet high. The flowers ai'e
Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees,. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, plants, vines, fruits, etc. descriptivecatal1891will Year: 1891 Deciduous Trees. 9 MAGNOLIA SOULANGEANA. CHINESE MAGNOLIAS. These are probably the most showy and popular of our hardy flowering trees. They commence to bloom at the first approach of warm weather in spring, before the leaves appear. A well grown tree, in full bloom, with thousands of flowers fully expanded, is a beautiful sight, resembling an immense pyramidal bouquet ten or fifteen feet high. The flowers ai'e very large, tulip-shaped and delightfullj' fragrant. MAGNOLIA conspicua (White Chinese Magnolia). Pure white. $ to $3. M. c. Norbertiana. Bright pink or rosy purple. $1. M. c. Soiilangeana. White and pink. 75 cts. to $1- M, obovata gracilis. Dark purple; a persistent bloomer. 50 cts. to • M. o. discolor. Purple. 75 cts. M. purptirea. Deep purple, and pink in throat; a dwarf, bushy variety that blooms at intervals all summer. 50 cts. to .?1. M. stellata (Hall's Japan Magnolia). A dwarf shrubby species, with pure white flowei's; the petals are long, narrow and more numerous than in any other vai'iety: it blooms earlier than the others: new and scarce. $ MORUS alba i White Mulberry). 50 cts. M. a. pendula (Teas'Weeping Mulberry). One of the finest and most graceful weeping trees, form ing an umbrella-shaped head, with long, slender willowy branches drooping to the ground. It has beautiful glossy foliage, rather small, handsomely cut or divided into lobes. It is perfectly hardy, enduring unharmed not only the severe cold of the north, but the far more destructive heat of the south and southwest, which is so disastrous to many other weeping trees. $ to s;3. NYSSA multiflora (Tupelo or Sour Gum). Of me- dium size and a moderate grower; leaves small, shiny, green turning to a splendid ci'imson in autumn. 3 to 0 feet, 50 cts. to $1. OXYDENrDRON arborenm (Sorrel Tr
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