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toothed leaves; single, slightly garish, rose-purple, non-fading flowers; and 

 small, dark red fruits. Both parents are Oriental species. 



MALUS FLORIBUNDA Japanese Flowering Crab 



A free-flowering, Asiatic species which becomes a twenty-five foot tree 

 bearing single, pink flowers which fade out to white and are followed by small, 

 red and yellow fruits. 



MALUS HUPEHENSIS (Af. theifera) Tea Crab 



A Chinese species which grows into a twenty-five foot tree of rather stiff, 

 cherry-like appearance. Its freely borne, single, pink flowers fade out white 

 and are followed by small, greenish-yellow fruits with red cheeks. 



Malus loensis var. plena BECHTEL Crab 



A pleasing, double, pink-flowered variety of a native species which forms a 

 rather heavy-branched, round-headed tree to some thirty feet in height. Its 

 well-deserved popularity of the past has been much dimmed by the fact that 

 its foliage and soft growth is severely attacked by the cedar apple rust. 



Malus pumila var. Niedzwetzkyana REDVEIN Crab 



This form of the Eurasian parent species of many pomological varieties is 

 of interest because of the red color which carries through its stems, leaves, 

 flowers, and fruits. It is of greatest ornamental value as an older plant. 



X MALUS PURPUREA var. ELEYI Eley Crab 



One of a group of hybrids which carries over in its red-stained wood, lustrous 

 purplish leaves, and purple fruits, the parental traits of M. pumila var. 

 Niedzwetzkyana. The flowers of this form are reddish-purple, well formed, and 

 freely borne. 



MALUS SARGENTI Sargent Crab 



A six-foot, somewhat spiny shrub with shining leaves, inch-wide white 

 flowers, and half-inch, deep-red, showy fruits. Though a wild species from 

 Japan, its proved interfertility with other Crabs indicates the necessity for 

 vegetative propagation if the dwarf habit is to be preserved. 



X Malus Scheideckeri SCHEIDECKER CRAB 



A hybrid of two Asiatic species which forms a small, upright tree of some 

 fifteen feet, bearing semi-double, pale-pink flowers and three-quarter-inch 

 yellow fruits. 



Malus spectabilis CHINESE FLOWERING CRAB 



A twenty-five-foot Asiatic species with exceptionally showy, semi-double, 

 pink flowers and relatively large, lusterless, yellow fruits. 



MALUS TORINGOIDES Cutleaf Crab 



An Asiatic shrub or small, open tree to twenty-five feet, bearing Hawthorn- 

 like leaves; single, white, unspectacular flowers; and showy, slightly pear- 

 like, red-cheeked yellow fruits in drooping clusters. 



Maple — See Acer 



Matrimony- Vine — See Lycium 



MITCHELLA REPENS Partridge-Berry 



A prostrate, creeping plant with three-quarter-inch evergreen leaves and 

 persistent red berries. A neat ground cover beneath large evergreen trees, 

 or for dry, partially shaded situations in the large rockery. 



Mock-Orange — See Philadelphus 



