PYRUS. Flowering Crab (see, also, 



P. baccata. Siberian Flowering Crab Apple. (M v) A small spreading 

 tree with compact crown ; flowers usually white ; fruit yellowish, tinged with 

 red, about the size of a cherry. Extremely hardy. (See plate on page 53.) 



P. coronaria. Sweet-scented Crab. (Sm) A low, bushy tree with stiff, 

 crooked, thorny branches. In May it bears very ornamental, sweet-scented, 

 rosy red or blush flowers. 



P. floribunda. Flowering Crab. (D s) An ornamental sort; valuable 

 for its May flowers, rosy red in bud but opening white, and beautiful fruit in 

 the autumn. 



P. loensis, var. Bechtel. BechtePs Double -flowering Crab. One of the 

 most ornamental and of recent introduction. It is a good grower, with good 

 foliage and beautiful large double flowers of delicate blush or shell-pink color, 

 and highly perfumed. It should be in every collection. 



P. Parkmani; syn., Halliana. Parkman's Crab. (D s) A compact 

 grower, with dark green foliage, which is retained very late. In April its half- 

 double rose-colored blossoms are equally attractive in bud and flower. 



P. spectabilis. Chinese Double -flowering Crab. (Sm) One of the 

 showiest flowering Apples, bearing in May sweet-scented double white 

 flowers, coral-red in the bud. 



P. spectabilis, var. rosea flore pleno. Double Rose -flowered Crab. 

 (S m) Similar to the above, but flowers are a deep rose-color. 



P. Toringo. Dwarf Crab. (D s) A tree with small white or blush 

 flowers in spring and small yellow fruit in fall. The color of the fall foliage is 

 also good. 



QUERCUS. Oak 



No tree is more majestic and picturesque than a grand old Oak, but one must not 

 think that the generation which plants Oaks cannot enjoy their beauty, for although 

 their growth is at first slow, if planted in good soil they will outgrow many other 

 trees. Few trees have so many good characteristics ; they are hardy, lasting, always 

 symmetrical, adapted to a variety of soils, and transplant easily. 



Q. alba. White Oak. (Lm) A tree with spreading branches, forming a 

 broad, open head. Bark light gray ; leaves narrow-obtuse, bright green above 

 and glaucescent beneath. The foliage takes on a deep purple color in fall. 

 One of the noblest trees of the northern states and a beautiful lawn tree, 

 requiring space for its best development. 



Q. bicolor. Swamp White Oak. (Lm) A round-topped, open-headed 

 tree with grayish brown scaly bark and dark green foliage, which turns bronzy 

 brown in the fall and remains on the tree late in the winter. A good lawn or 

 field tree. 



Q. Cerris. Turkey Oak. (Lm) A broad, pyramidal, open-headed tree 

 with short, spreading branches. The oblong leaves are dark green. A very 

 ornamental variety. 



Q. coccinea. Scarlet Oak. (L r) A grand round-topped tree with bright 

 green, deeply cut foliage, which turns to brilliant scarlet in the autumn. De- 

 sirable for lawn or street planting. 



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