How to Tell Magnolias When in Flower

A simple key for the tree lover; free from technicalities and especially designed for use out-of-doors:

Blooming before the leaves.

Colour of flowers pure white or nearly so.

Shape of flowers bell-like . . . . . YULAN

Shape of flowers star-like.

Petals 9 to 18, pink streaked outside . . . . . STELLATA

Petals 6, pure white . . . . . KOBUS

Colour of flowers pink to purple outside.

Size of flowers large, 6 to 10 inches.

Hardy . . . . . SOULANGEANA

Tender . . . . . CAMPBELLI

Size of flowers about 3 1/2 inches . . . . . OBOVATA

Blooming after the leaves.

Colour of flowers greenish . . . . . ACUMINATA

Colour of flowers white, with conspicuous colour in centre.

The petals purple-spotted at base . . . . . MACROPHYLLA

The stamens with scarlet filaments.

Leaves mostly clustered at the ends of branches . . . . . HYPOLEUCA

Leaves scattered along the branches . . . . . WATSONI

Colour of flowers, pure white.

Size of flowers small (1 to 3 inches across).

Shrub or tree, 10 to 70 feet high . . . . . GLAUCA

Shrub, usually 4 or 5 feet high . . . . . PUMILA

Size of flowers large, 6 to 9 inches across.

Foliage evergreen . . . . . FOETIDA

Foliage deciduous.

Leaves eared at base . . . . . FRASERI

Leaves not eared at base . . . . . TRIPETALA