xed purple and white. A large number of
hybrids from China and Japan.

* Blooming after the leaves expand. (=B.=)

=B.= Leaves evergreen, more than 8 in. long 1.

=B.= Leaves evergreen, not 6 in. long 2.

=B.= Leaves deciduous. (=C.=)

=C.= Leaves decidedly auriculate or cordate at the base. (=D.=)

=D.= Leaves very large (1 to 3 ft. long) 5.

=D.= Leaves smaller and much clustered at the tips of the
flowering branches 6.

=C.= Leaves not conspicuously cordate at base. (=E.=)

=E.= Leaves clustered at the tips of the flowering branches 7.

=E.= Leaves scattered along the branches. (=F.=)

=F.= Base of leaf abrupt 3, 4.

=F.= Base of leaf tapering. (=G.=)

=G.= Leaves quite large, about 1 ft. long; a very erect
growing tree 8.

=G.= Leaves smaller, medium thick, glossy above 2.
medium thin (5 to 10 in. long) 3.

[Illustration: M. grandiflora.]

1. =Magnolia grandiflora=, L. (LARGE-FLOWERED MAGNOLIA. SOUTHERN
EVERGREEN MAGNOLIA.) Leaves evergreen, thick, oval-oblong; upper surface
glossy, under surface somewhat rusty. Flowers large, 6 to 10 in. wide,
white, fragrant. In spring. Fruit oval, 3 to 4 in. long, ripe in
October. Seeds scarlet. Splendid evergreen tree (50 to 80 ft.) in the
Southern States; half hardy, and reduced to a shrub (10 to 20 ft.) when
cultivated in the Middle States.

[Illustration: M. glauca.]

2. =Magnolia glauca=, L. (SWEET-BAY. SWAMP-MAGNOLIA.) Leaves quite
thick, oblong-oval, obtuse, smooth and glossy above, white or rusty
pubescent beneath; evergreen in the Southern States. Leaf-buds silky.
Flowers globular, white, and very fragrant. June to August. Fruit about
1 1/2 in. long, ripe in autumn. Shrub, 4 to 20 ft. high, in the swamps of
the Atlantic States from Massachusetts southward. Slender tree, 15 to 30
ft. high, when cultivated in good damp soil.

[Illustration: M. acuminata.]

3. =Magnolia acuminata=, L. (CUCUMBER-TREE.) Leaves thin, green above,
paler beneath, oblong, usually pointed at both ends, 5 to 10 in. long.
Leaf-buds silky. Flowers pale yellowish-green, 3 in. wide, late in
spring. Fruit irregular-oblong (2 to 3 in. long),