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_Fortunei_, laevigatum, Lantana, Lentago, macrocephalum, nudum, Opulus, pauciflorum, plicatum, prunifolium, pyrifolium, reticulatum, Tinus, _Virgilia lutea_, _Virgilia_. See Cladrastis, Virgin's Bower, Vitex Agnas-castus, Vitis heterophylla humulifolia, Wayfaring tree, _Weigelia_. See Diervilla, _Weigelia amabilis_, _floribunda_, _rosea_, White Bean tree, White Kerria, Whortlebury, Wig tree, Wild Rosemary, _Wintera aromatica_, Winter Flower, Winter's Bark, Wistaria chinensis, frutescens, japonica, multijuga, _sinensis_, Witch Hazel, the, Wolf Berry, Woody Nightshade, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Xanthoriza apiifolia, _Xylosteum dumetorum_, Yellow root, Yellow wood, Yucca filamentosa, gloriosa, Yulan, the, Zauschneria californica, Zenobia speciosa, Zelkova acuminata, crenata, cretica, _japonica_. [Illustration: MESSRS. JAMES VEITCH & SONS, LTD. CAN SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING RARE AND BEAUTIFUL Japanese Magnolias, Which are among the finest recent additions to the British Arboretum, and especially desirable for the Lawn and Park, whether as single specimens or in groups. Magnolia Hypoleuca. One of the largest of the deciduous Magnolias. The flowers are creamy white, measuring from six to seven inches in diameter when fully expanded, deliciously fragrant, and produced in large numbers on the adult tree, and even on young plants their appearance is quite a usual occurence. In the autumn the tree is loaded with cones of brilliant scarlet fruit, six to eight inches long. The large obovate leaves are often a foot in length and half, as much broad. Our Mr. JAMES H. VEITCH during his recent journeys in Japan frequently met with it at considerable elevations, and considers it the finest flowering tree in that country. First Class Certificate, Royal Horticultural Society. Magnolia Parviflora. A smaller tree than the preceding, and one of the finest lawn trees ever introduced. It has a handsome deciduous foliage; the leaves are of ovate-oblong shape, rather sharply pointed, and from five to six inches long. The flowers, which are freely produced, are smaller than those of _M. hypoleuca_ and with more oval segments, of which the outer three are light purplish pink, and the inner three milk-white. An excellent coloured plate of this species is published in _The Garden_ of December 8th, 1883, page 508. Magnolia Watsonii. A ver
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