Along the Flatbush Avenue border mound, near some grad- 
ing work now in progress, are several trees of what are perhaps 
the showiest plants in the Garden. These are the flowering crab 
apple {Pyrus floribntida ) , from Japan. When mature it is either 
a large shrub, or, as in our specimens, a small tree, covered at 
this season with a profusion of deep rose-red flowers. In some 
of the most beautiful private estates in America, this splendid 
plant has been used with magnificent effect, as it is more con- 
spicuous than any of our native wild crab apples and their 
relatives. There are semi-double flowered forms in cultivation, 
but not at the Garden. Through an error, this tree was inad- 
vertently referred to as Pyrus grandiflora in the last Leaflet. 
N. T. 
NOTICE 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (of the Brooklyn Institute of 
Arts and Sciences) is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. 
until sunset : on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. Entrances on 
Flatbush Avenue, opposite Prospect Park; on Washington 
Avenue, south of Eastern Parkway; and on Eastern Parkway, 
between the Museum building and Prospect Heights reservoir. 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. Telephone, 6173 Prospect. 
Additional copies of this and preceding Leaflets may be had 
on request by mail or otherwise. 
