The Garden Nurseries, Penn Valley, Narberth, Pa. 
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Malus Floribunda Purpurea. In kabit it resembles Floribunda. Its 
purple foliage and bark, single red flowers and fruit make it a distinct 
departure from tbe ordinary. Tbe flowers and fruit are carried on long, 
pendulous stems and are produced in great abundance on mature trees, tbe 
blossoms completely concealing tbe twigs and branches. It is a strong grower. 
Malus Floribunda Excella Theil (Weeping Crab). Can be kept low 
for rock gardens and prevented from all but horizontal growth. It can be 
permitted to grow into a low, irregular but picturesque tree; pink fl owers. 
Malus Hopa is an upright growing tree that is likely to produce unaided 
a central leader from which the branches spread after the fashion of a spruce 
tree^equally in all directions. It is a quick-growing tree of sufficient size 
and vigor to be used as a shade tree under which the family could sit. The 
Fruiting branch of Flowering Crab 
foliage has a reddish tint in the spring but turns green during the summer. 
The flowers are red, single, large and produced in tremendous quantity. The 
fruit is also extremely abundant, red on the sunny side and apricot tinted 
on the shaded side. The texture of the skin is smooth and glossy, reflecting 
the rays o f the sun and giving an extremely pleasing appearance. 
Malus Ioensis, Prairie Crab, produces very large, single, rose-like blos¬ 
soms, followed in the autumn by a heavy crop of green, hard, sour apples. 
It is quite effective in the landscape and should be used more. 
Malus Ioensis Bechteli (BechteVs Crab) has double, fragrant flowers 
which are somewhat hidden by dense foliage. For this reason it has little 
value in a distant landscape. Its charm can be appreciated when it is 
