For Color in Early Spring . . . 
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FLOWERING TREES 
• In the long succession ol colorful pictures that are presented in California 
gardens, the most impressive are those provided in February, March and April 
by Flowering Trees. Blooming before the appearance of foliage, as most of them 
do, their clear tones of color afford boundless opportunities for the creation of 
lovely garden scenes. Their graceful branches are exquisitely beautiful either 
spread against backgrounds of sober evergreens or matching their brilliant colors 
with beds of gay tulips, daffodils and other early flowers. 
CERCIS . . . Redbud 
Cercis canadensis. (American Redbud) 
New Jersey to Gulf States. Small tree, 
every twig of which is covered with 
little pink, pea-shaped blossoms in 
early spring. Bare root, 4 to 5 ft., $1.25; 
3 to 4 ft., $1.00. 
C. siliquastrum alba. (White Judas 
Tree) Southern Europe. A small tree 
producing in April an abundance of 
white, pea-shaped flowers. Gal. cans, 
75c. 
CRATAEGUS . . . Hawthorn 
Crataegus carrieri. (Carrier's Thorn) 
Small, pyramidal tree with single white 
flowers. Its greatest beauty lies in the 
large, waxy berries of brilliant scarlet. 
Individual berries are the size of cher¬ 
ries. Bare root, 5 to 6 ft., $1.75. 
C. cordata, (Washington Thorn) Vir¬ 
ginia to Alabama. A handsome small 
tree. Leaves triangular, lobed, deep, 
glossy green; flowers white, followed 
by intensely red berries. Bare root, 4 to 
5 ft., $1.75. 
C. double pink. Small tree covered in 
early spring with small, double flowers 
that open pale pink and become rosy- 
pink with maturity. Bare root, 5 to 6 
ft., $1.75. 
C. oxycantha splendens. (Paul's Double 
Scarlet Thorn) Europe. Small tree of 
erect habit and quick growth. Flowers 
double and carmine in color; berries 
dull red. Bare root, branched, 5 to 6 ft., 
$1.75; whips, 5 to 6 ft., $1.25. 
LABURNUM . . . Golden Chain 
Laburnum vossi. (Long Clustered Gold¬ 
en Chain) Central Europe. A great im¬ 
provement over the old Laburnum vul- 
gare. It is a small tree with green bark 
and foliage like exaggerated clover 
leaves. Flowers are pure golden yellow 
and formed like those of the Wisteria. 
The hanging clusters attain as much as 
18 to 20 inches length and are borne 
very profusely in late April after most 
flowering trees are through blooming. 
Very beautiful and still very rare. Bare 
root, 5 to 6 ft., $2.50. 
MAGNOLIA 
Magnolia lennei. (Lenne Magnolia) 
Magnificent saucer-shapedblooms 
eight inches across; petals broad and 
rounded, outside bright purple-rose, in¬ 
side nearly white; very fragrant. Blooms 
about 10 days later than M. soulange- 
ana. Leaves large, often 12 inches long 
and 8 inches wide. Eventually becomes 
a tree 20 feet or more. Blooms most free¬ 
ly in full sun but will grow in partial 
shade. Balled, 3 to 4 ft., $7.50. 
Park Weeping Cherry 
Charms with its delicate simplicity. 
M. soulangeana. (Saucer Magnolia) 
Large flowers 5 to 7 inches long with 
pointed petals; purplish-pink and lav¬ 
ender outside, pale lavender or white 
inside. Blooms in March before leaves 
appear; very fragrant. Grows into hand¬ 
some tree, pyramidal in form. Balled, 
3 to 4 ft., $6.(30. 
M. liliflora. (Lily Magnolia) China. A 
lovely variety of Deciduous Magnolia, 
Flowers are 4 to 5 inches long, purple 
outside and lavender within. Blooms re¬ 
main cupped and do not open flat. Main 
blooming season in March and April 
before leaves appear but a few flowers 
appear in summer. Foliage light green, 
6 to 8 inches long. Growth rather rapid; 
becomes large shrub or small tree. 
Balled, 3 to 4 ft., $5.00; 2 to 3 ft., $4.00. 
M. soulangeana nigra. (Tree Tulip) 
This is the true nigra type with blooms 
dark purple outside and dark lavender 
within. Larger and darker than M. lili¬ 
flora. Grows slowly into a small tree. A 
rare and very desirable variety. Balled, 
2 to 3 ft., $7.50. 
M. stellata. (Star Magnolia) Japan. The 
rarest of the deciduous magnolias. 
Grows to a small, spreading tree. In 
A.pril it is a mass of fragrant white flow¬ 
ers 3 inches across, each flower made 
up of numerous long narrow petals as 
though cut from waxed crepe paper. 
Balled plants, 18 to 24 inches, extra 
heavy with numerous buds, $7.50. 
