TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR AMERICAN HOMES 
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Flowering Crabs - Malus 
This is one of the finest groups of ornamental trees we have 
today. The selection of color, flower, fruit, foliage and habit 
cannot be compared to any other class of trees. Delicate flowers 
in the spring, followed by attractive foliage, and in the fall, the 
red, yellow or purple fruit. The fruits are attractive to birds. 
Excellent for mass planting, or may be used as specimen 
trees for a lawn, and also give a note of distinction to the 
shrubbery. Ultimate heights vary from 8 to 30 feet, accord¬ 
ing to variety. Rates per year, 1 to 2 feet. 
Atropurpurea. Purple leaf. 
Bechtel’s. Bechtel’s Flowering Crab is one of the finest of 
all varieties. The flowers are a beautiful shade of pink, 
are large, very double and fragrant, resembling little 
Roses. It blooms somewhat later than most varieties. 
Ultimate height, 10 to 20 feet. Rate per year, 1 to 
2 feet. 
Floribunda. A delicately colored, profusely blooming 
variety, with pink flowers and yellow fruit in autumn. 
Halliana Parkmani. Double pink flowers on drooping red stems, 
very beautiful. 
Sanguinea. Single, cherry-red. 
Schiedeckeri. Flowers double, bright rose, of great substance 
and durability. Splendid for cut flowers. 
The Flowering Crabs, with their beautiful flowers and bright 
colorful fruits, are favorites everywhere. 
White Flowering (Cornus florida). It has beautiful white flowers, 
3 to 3 V 2 inches in diameter in spring, about the middle of May, 
varying with the locality, before the leaves appear. Foliage dark 
green, changing to gorgeous reds in autumn. Fruits following 
the blossoms are a brilliant red in the fall and hang well into 
winter. Ultimate height, 15 to 25 feet. Rate per year, 
8 to 12 inches. 
Bechtel’s Crab—-one of the finest flowering trees 
Red Flowering (Cornus florida rubra). Similar to the 
White Flowering but more regular in form and averag¬ 
ing not quite so large. Blossoms are rose-pink suffused 
with bright red appearing before the leaves in May. 
Elm - Ulmus 
Chinese. 
Elm 
in 
A new variety quite similar to the American 
appearance but much more rapid in growth, 
probably growing faster than any other shade tree. 
It attains great height and possesses a marvelous adapt¬ 
ability to soils and conditions, which would be fatal to 
other varieties. Well suited to arid sections and extreme 
temperatures. Ultimate height, 70 feet. Rate, 5 to 6 
feet per year. 
Dogwood - Cornus 
American. Grows to a height of 60 to 100 feet. It is tall, 
graceful, wide spreading, with outward curving and 
pendulous branches. The huge trunk divides at slight 
angles into 2 or 3 arching limbs and these again into 
smaller branches. Requires plenty of water. Rate per 
year, 3 to 4 feet. 
Moline. Of rapid and very upright growth, resembling 
somewhat the growth of Lombardy Poplar when young 
but the top spreads out horizontally with age. 
Vase. A type of the American Elm, which grows in vase 
form. 
Be sure to 
find out from 
the city park 
department 
just what 
their require' 
ments are re' 
garding cer' 
tain varieties 
of shade trees 
for street 
planting. 
Maples used for street planting 
