Magnolia grandiflora
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Magnolia grandiflora, Linn. (M.foetida, Sarg.). Bull Bay. Tall evergreen tree, to 80 ft., of pyramidal habit: branchlets and buds rusty-pubescent: lvs. thick and firm, oblong to obovate, glossy above, ferrugineous-pubescent beneath, sometimes glabrous at length, 5-8 in. long: fls. white, fragrant, 7-8 in. across; sepals large, petaloid; petals 6-12, obovate; stamens purple: fr. oval or ovate, rusty brown and pubescent, 3-4 in. long. May- Aug. N. C. to Tex. S.S. 1:1, 2. Gn. 22, p. 28; 24, pp. 509, 511; 33, p. 538. J.H. III. 52:237. G. 2:567; 9:225; 19:153; 36:187. G.W. 3, p. 377. F.E. 17:788, p. 781. Var. angustifolia, Loud. (var. salicifolia, Hort.). Lvs. lanceolate, wavy. Var. lanceolata, Ait. Lvs. oblong- lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, less rusty beneath. B.M. 1952. L.B.C. 9:814. There are many other named varieties, as: var. gloriosa, Hort., with fls. to 14 in. across and broad lvs.; var. rotundifolia, Hort., with very dark green roundish lvs.; var. praecox, Hort., early flowering; var. obovata, Nichols., with obovate-oblong lvs.; var. Kathariniana, Bedelian, with very broad lvs. and smaller fls. with narrower petals; var. galissoniensis, Hort., one of the hardiest forms; var. Pravertiana, Hort., of stubby pyramidal habit; var. exoniensis, Loud, (var. stricta, Hort. M. oxoniensis; Hort.), of vigorous growth and narrow pyramidal habit: lvs. oblong-elliptic, usually rusty beneath: fls. somewhat contracted. Blooms early and freely.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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