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Title: Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, etc., : cultivated and for sale at the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Ellwanger & Barry Ellwanger & Barry Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Ornamental trees Catalogs Shrubs Catalogs Roses Catalogs Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y. : Ellwanger & Barry
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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spicua, shrubbyand 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. Itforms a handsome tree worked upon the M. acuminata. One of the hardiest andfinest of the foreign Magnolias. Blooms later than conspicuu. $1.50 to ;2.00. M. speciosa. Showy-flowered Magnolia. Keserables the M. Soulan-geana in growth and foliage, but the flowers are a little smaller and of a lightercolor, fully a week later, and remain in perfect condition upon the tree longer thanthose of any other Chinese variety. These qualities combined with its hardiness,render it, in our estimation, one of the most valuable sorts. $1.00. See cut. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 35 Magnolia superba. Origin same as that of the preceding varieties ; differslittle from Soulangeana ; flowers a trifle darker. S2.00. M. Lennel. Lexnes Magnolia. A seedling of M. purpurea. Foliage large,flowers dark purple. A superb variety. $2.00.
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MAGNOLIA SPECIOSA. M. obovata. (purpurea.) Chinese PrRPLE Magnolia. A dwarf species,with shoAvy purple flowers in May and June. Being a little tender, it requires protec-tion. $1.00. var. rubra. Chinese Eed Magnolia. A variety of the M. ohovata.Branches more slender, of more erect habit; flowers much larger and a deep purple.$2.00. M. JRiclienerii. A new seedling raised on our grounds, a robust grower andperfectly hardy. Flowering later than conspicua, it resembles the latter except in itssmaller and far more abundant blossoms which are shaded with soft purple on the outerpetals. Pretty in the bud and pretty in the full blown flower. $2.00. 36 ELLWANGER & BARRYS CATALOGUE. Magnolia stellata, syn. Halleana. Halls Japa^s^ Magnolia. Intro-duced by Dr. Hall from Japan. It is of dwarf habit and produces its pure white8emi-double fragrant flowers in April, earlier than any other Magnolia. $2.00. MORUS. Mulberry. Maulbeeee, Ger. MrRiER, Fr. M. alba. White Mulberry. A native of China. Tre

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