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THE streets belong just now to magnolias. They are an astonishing sight in full bloom, not just in the privileged enclaves of Kensington but in main drags such as Bayswater Road and down little turnings, bursting out in such extravagant glory for so short a time each year.
They were named in tribute to a French botanist, Pierre Magnol, now, as a result, best known by many as a shade of off-white emulsion. The first one ever to arrive in Europe was sent here, to the Bishop of London, from Virginia in 1688. They are an ancient genus, known from fossils dating back 95 million years. The peculiar texture of their f lowers derives from the fact that they evolved to be pollinated by beetles, there being no bees yet.See the full content of this document
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The True Magic of Magnolia
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