Farquhar's New and Interesting Plants /or 1931 



MALUS 



(Fragrant Flowering Crab) 



Ornamental small trees covered with fragrant 



flowers in the spring, followed by yellow, orange, or 



red fruit in the auturrm. Many of the varieties furnish 



attractive food for the birds in winter. 



Arnoldiana. Arnold Crab. A moderately fast dwarf 

 grower sometimes reaching a height of 25 feet. The 

 large, delicate rose-colored flowers are followed by 

 ornamental golden yellow fruits, which are retained 

 far into winter. $3.00 each. 



floribunda. Japanese Flowering Crab. This variety is 

 dwarf in habit, and a moderately fast grower, reach- 

 ing 25 feet. Single flowers, carmine in bud, white 

 when open. Small yellowish fruit in autumn. Much 

 liked by birds. $2.00 each. 



floribunda atrosanguinea. Carmine Crab. Flowers 

 of a deeper color than M. floribunda. $2.00 each. 



floribunda Parkmani {M. Halliana). Parkman Crab. 

 A showy variety of medium height, bearing large, 

 semi-double, dark rose flowers. $2.00 each. 



ioensis plena. Becbtel's Crab. One of the most beau- 

 tiful of the Flowering Crabs and of dwarf habit, 

 rarely reaching 25 feet. It is a moderate grower and 

 bears masses of double, delicate pink, very fragrant 

 flowers. $2.00 each. 



Niedzwetzkyana. Red-vein Crab. A Russian Turke- 

 stan species with showy deep pink flowers. In early 

 spring it is very ornamental, reaching 25 to 50 feet 

 in height. A moderately fast grower. $2.50 each. 



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MALUS, continued 



purpurea. A new hybrid Crab-Apple with rich reddish purple flowers, 

 borne in utmost profusion, followed in the autumn with red fruit, each 

 about the size of a cherry, and with a pleasant acid flavor. A moder- 

 ately fast grower, reaching a height of 20 feet. $2.50 each. 



Sargenti. Sargent Crab. Dwarf, spreading Japanese variety. Flowers 

 of purest white, with bright yeflow anthers and scarlet fruit hanging 

 till spring. $2.50 each. 



Scheideckeri. Scbeidecker Crab. A very early-flowering variety; 

 double pink blooms in great profusion. $2.00 each. 



spectabilis. Chinese Flowering Crab. Semi-double pink flowers. Fruit 

 pale yellow. $2.00 each. 



POLYGONUM AUBERTI 



Silver Lace Vine 



A rapid-growing vine, climbing gracefully on a trellis, tree-trunk, an 

 arch, or any other support. It will rapidly climb 20 feet or more, with 

 fresh green foliage, lightly bronzed at the tips, and a profusion of silvery 

 white, lacy flowers in erect sprays rivaling the Clematis patiiculata which 

 blooms at approximately the same time in August or September. 

 $1.50 each; $12.50 for 10. 



AZALEA VASEYI (PinksheU Azalea) 



AZALEA VASEYI (Pinkshell Azalea) 



A graceful shrub of easy culture, and perhaps 

 the most profuse bloomer of all the native Azaleas. 

 Its pink flowers appear in May before the foliage. 

 Habit, erect and slender; in cultivation it becomes more 

 spreading, but retains its charming light-stemmed 

 growth. In autumn the foliage usually turns a bright 

 crimson. IJ^ to 2 ft., $4.00 each; $38.00 for 10. 



POLYGONUM AUBERTI (Silver Lace Vine) 



