General catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, etc . uarded from any exposure to wind or sun. While almost any good soil is sufiicient to insuretheir growth, they succeed best in a soil which is warm, rich and dry. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 63 AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. Magnolia acuminata. CUCUMBER Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal grrowing tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet iii height. Leaves 6 to 9 inches long, and bluish green; flowers yellow, tinted with bluish purple; fruit, when green, resembling a cucumber, hence the name. June. 50cM. macrophylla. Great-leaved Magnolia.
General catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, etc . uarded from any exposure to wind or sun. While almost any good soil is sufiicient to insuretheir growth, they succeed best in a soil which is warm, rich and dry. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 63 AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. Magnolia acuminata. CUCUMBER Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal grrowing tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet iii height. Leaves 6 to 9 inches long, and bluish green; flowers yellow, tinted with bluish purple; fruit, when green, resembling a cucumber, hence the name. June. 50cM. macrophylla. Great-leaved Magnolia. B. A superb species, of medium size. Leaves two feet in length, pubescent and white beneath. Flowers white, of immense size ; when fully blown, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, appearing in June. A rare tropical looking tree. tripetela. Umbrella Tree. B. A hardy, medium-sized tree, with immense leaves, and large, white flowers, i to 6; inches in diameter, appearing in June. ? CHINESE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS. (Flowering in May before the leaves appear.). B. A flowers C. A Halls Star-shaped Magnolia. {Magnolia Stellata.) We noiv grow our Chinese Magnolias in pots andship with ball of earth attached, which ensures suc-cessful transplanting. Magnolia conspicua. Chinese White Magnolia. Chandelier, or Yulan M.\gnolia. C. AChinese species of great beauty. The treeis of medium size, shrub-like in growthwhile young, but attains the size of a treein time, The flowers are large, pure white,very numerous, and appear before theleaves. Kobus. Thurbers Japan Magnolia. tree of medium size, bushy growth ;blush white and fragrant. Norbertiana. JyORBERT s Magnolia. hybrid between M. conspicua and M. dbov-ata. Tree vigorous and of regular outline;foliage showy; flowers reddish purple. Oneof the best. 82 Soulangeana. SouLANGEs Magnolia. C. Inhabit it closely resembles 31. conspicua;shrubby and branching while young, butbecoming a fair-sized tree. Flowers whitean
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