. [Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue]. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 63 AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. Magnolia acuminata. Cucumber Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal growing tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet in heiglit. 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. 50c M. macropliylla. 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 i
. [Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue]. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 63 AMERICAN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. Magnolia acuminata. Cucumber Magnolia. A. A beautiful, pyramidal growing tree, attaining from 60 to 90 feet in heiglit. 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. 50c M. macropliylla. 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. M. tripetela. Umbrella Tree. B. A hardy, medium-sized tree, with immense leaves, and large, white flowers, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, appearing in June. $ CHINESE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS. (Flowering in May before the leaves appear.) We now grow our Chinese Magnolias in pots and ship with ball of earth attached, which ensures suc- cessful transplanting. Magnolia conspicua. Chinese White Magnolia. Chandelier, or Yulan Magnolia. C. A Chinese species of great beauty. The tre& Is of medium size, shrub-like in growth while young, but attains the size of a tree- in time. The ilowers are large, pure white, very numerous, and appear before the leaves. M. Kobus. Thurber's Japan Magnolia. B. A tree of medium size, bushy growth; flowers, blush white and fragrant. $ M. Norbertiana. Js'orbert s Magnolia. C. A hybrid between it. conspicua and M. obov- ata. Tree vigorous and of regular outline; foliage showy; flowers reddish purple. One of the best. $2,00. M. Soulangeana. Soulange's Magnolia. C. In habit it closely resembles J/, conspicua: shrubby and branching while young, but becoming a fair-sized tree. Flowers white- and purple, cup-shaped, and 3 to 5 Inches, in diameter. Foliage large, glossy and massive. One of the hardiest and finest of the foreign Magnolias. Blooms later than conspicua. $ 31. speciosa. Showy flowered
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