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The Garden Magazine, April, 1921 
Leonard Barron , Photo 
“AND CLOUDS OF COLOR AND PERFUME THAT 
FLOAT FROM THE ORCHARDS PINK AND WHITE” 
Maurice Francis Egan 
The Japanese Flowering Crabapple (Malus floribunda) 
is already well known as a garden tree. Nothing could 
be lovelier than this gleaming, rosy cloud of bloom 
against the sombre green of Pines — a contrast worthy 
of note by the prospective planter. Less ethereal, but 
equally effective, is Malus floribunda during its fruiting 
season, when numberless little, long-stemmed, yellow- 
gold apples swing from every limb. The fruit can, of 
course, be converted into an excellent jelly for the 
provident housekeeper’s winter shelf. This particular 
tree stands in the Arnold Arboretum, near Boston, Mass. 
