Chinese Magnolia trees

The foreign sorts introduced into our gardens from China, are the Chinese purple (M. purpurea), which produces an abundance of large delicate purple blossoms early in the season; the Yulan or Chinese White Magnolia (M. conspicua), a most abundant bloomer, bearing beautiful white, fragrant flowers in April, before the leaves appear; and Soulange's Magnolia (M. Soulangiana), a hybrid between the two foregoing, with large flowers delicately tinted with white and purple. These succeed well in sheltered situations, in our pleasure-grounds, and add greatly to their beauty early in the season. Grafted on the cucumber tree, they form large and vigorous trees of great beauty.