Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees plants vines fruits, etc. . descriptivecatal1895samu Year: 1895 9 MAGNOLIA SOULANCEANA. 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 are very large, tulip-sh
Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees plants vines fruits, etc. . descriptivecatal1895samu Year: 1895 9 MAGNOLIA SOULANCEANA. 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 are very large, tulip-shaped and delightfully fragrant. MAGNOLIA conspicua I White Chinese Magnolia). Pure white. $ to $3. M. c. Norbertiana. Bright pink or rosy purple. SI. M. c. Soulangeana. White and pink. 75 cts. to SI • M. obovata gracilis. Dark purple; a persistent bloomer. 50 cts. to M. o. discolor. Purple. 75 cts. M. purpurea. Deep purple, and pink in throat; a dwarf, bushy variety that blooms at intervals all summer. 50 cts. to SI. M. stellata <Hall's Japan Magnolia;. A dwarf shrubby species, with pure white flowers; the petals are long, narrow and more numerous than in any other variety; it blooms earlier than the others; new and scarce. MORUS alba < White Mulberry |. 50 cts. M. a. pendula (Teas' Weeping Mulberry;. One of the finest and most graceful weeping trees, form ingan 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 S3. NYSSA inultinora i Tupelo or Sour Gumi. Of me- dium size and a moderate grower; leaves small, shiny, green turning to a splendid crimson in autumn. 3 to feet. 50 cts. to SI. OXYDENDRON arboreum (Sorrel Tree; syn., An- dromeda
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