LARGE SHRUBS and SMALL FLOWERING TREES, continued 
Flowering Cherries 
The Japanese Cherry trees are adaptable to various uses in the garden. Some of them 
attain quite good size, while others are small enough for the average home-grounds. They are 
very floriferous and have become quite popular; the famous planting of them in Washington, 
D. C., draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. See color illustration on page 16. 
PRUNUS LANNESIANA, MT. FUJI. 
Double; white. A tree in bloom appears to 
be covered with snow. 
P. LANNESIANA, OJOCHIN. Double; 
pink. The flowers of this variety are really 
only semi-double, but are very beautiful. 
A late bloomer. 
P. SERRULATA. Pink. A double form of 
Oriental Cherry. 
P. SERRULATA, FUGENZO (James H. 
Veitch). Large, double, pink flowers open 
with the coppery young foliage. 
P. SERRULATA, KWANSAN. Very double 
deep pink flowers almost red when in bud. 
P. SERRULATA, SHIROFUGEN. Clusters 
of light rose, double flowers and colorful 
foliage. A nice tree. 
P. SERRULATA, YOSHINO. Single pink 
flowers. A very early variety. 
P. SIEBOLDI. Very showy double pink 
flowers of good size. 
P. SIEBOLDI, NADEN. Pale pink, semi¬ 
double blossoms in short-stemmed clusters. 
P. SUBHIRTELLA AUTUMNALIS. A 
fall-blooming Flowering Cherry. The 
flowers are light pink, semi-double, and 
quite cover the bush-like tree. 
P. SUBHIRTELLA PENDULA. Weeping 
Japanese Cherry. Large, umbrella-like 
heads on 6-foot standards, making a 
fountain-like appearance each spring when 
covered with their spectacular flowers. 
P. SUBHIRTELLA PENDULA ROSEA 
FL.-PL. Double Pink Weeping Cherry. 
A type with deep pink flowers. Illustrated 
in color on page 33. 
P. TOMENTOSA. Nanking Cherry. A 
very small tree with white or tinted flowers 
and reddish edible fruit. 
RHUS. The fragrant Sumacs are interesting 
plants with unusual growth and quite 
different-appearing inflorescence. They 
make an attractive appearance in the 
shrubbery border. 
R. CANADENSE (aromatica). Fragrant. 
Sumac. A shrub to 8 feet with aromatic 
leaves and yellowish flowers in clustered 
spikes before the foliage. The fruit is red 
and very hairy. 
R. COPALLINA. Shining Sumac. Shrub to 
20 feet with greenish flowers in July and 
August followed by hairy red fruit. 
R. COTINLJS. Smoke-Tree. Bushy tree 
covered with feathery, smoke-like blos¬ 
soms in June. 
R. GLABRA. Smooth Sumac. Attractive in 
autumn because of its narrow scarlet 
foliage and spikes of crimson, hairy seeds. 
R. TYPHINA. Staghorn Sumac. A bushy 
shrub with lovely foliage which turns bril¬ 
liant red. Crimson fruit. 
STEWARTIA MONADELPHA. Quite 
large tree with white flowers, U /2 inches 
across, having violet anthers. 
ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA. The Chinese Jujube 
Tree. A deciduous tree to 40 feet that pro¬ 
duces fruit popular with the Chinese and 
used in this country for confections. 
McllllS • Flowering Crab 
The Flowering Crab-Apples are probably the most 
important of the dual-purpose small trees. They are 
shapely plants which would have great ornamental value 
if they did not bloom at all. Not only do they cover them¬ 
selves with beautiful blossoms in the spring but are 
loaded with bright-colored fruits in late summer and 
fall—a joy to the eye and a delight to the birds. 
The little apples are relished by our feathered friends, 
and a tree or two in even the smallest of yards or gardens 
-Apple 
will keep the birds happy for a long time each season. 
Just as the flowers vary in color from white through 
various shades of pink, so does the fruit vary in size and 
color—some of the tiny apples are no larger than peas 
while a few are as large as the Crab-Apples we use for 
jelly, and the color ranges from green through yellows 
to various shades of red. Even the bare trees are beau¬ 
tiful in their winter nudity. Illustrated in color on 
pages 11,29 and 32. 
MALUS ADSTRINGENS, HOPA. Hopa 
Crab. A large-flowering purple-leaf Crab 
with purple-red flowers. 
M. ATROSANGUINEA. Carmine Crab. 
Well-branched tree to 15 feet with deep 
carmine flowers which retain their color. 
They are produced in unusual profusion so 
that a tree in bloom is a beautiful specimen. 
M. CORONARIA. Wild Sweet Crab. A 
nicely formed tree to 30 feet. Fragrant 
flowers about 1 inch across open rose- 
colored and change to white. The fruit 
averages an inch in diameter and is yellow¬ 
ish green. 
M. FLORIBUNDA. Showy Crab. A profuse¬ 
blooming, large bush or tree to 25 feet, 
bearing D/^ducli rose-red flowers which 
fade nearly white. These are followed by 
tiny red fruit about x /z inch in diameter. 
M. FLORIBUNDA SCHEIDECKERI. 
Scheidecker Crab. Small pyramidal tree 
bearing a profuse crop of semi-double 
pale pink flowers. This is followed by 
large yellow fruit which is often used for 
making jelly. 
M. HALLIANA PARKMANI. Parkman 
Crab. An informally awkward tree when 
young which becomes more respectable 
with age. It is a free bloomer, bearing 
bright rose-red flowers followed by pur¬ 
plish fruit 1 4 inch in diameter. One of the 
most reliable of the flowering Crab-Apples. 
M. IOENSIS PLENA. Bechtel’s Crab. A 
sturdy small tree with 2-inch double pink 
flowers which look like little roses, and are 
not only beautiful but emit a delicate 
violet fragrance. This is a native which 
was discovered wild near Stanton, Ill., in 
1850 and was brought into cultivation by 
E. A. Bechtel. 
M. NIEDZWETZKYANA. Redvein Crab. 
A quite large Crab-Apple with red bark 
and wood; even the leaves are tinged red 
on the nerves. The flowers are deep red 
and the little apples are purple-red both 
inside and out. In fact we might say that 
everything about the tree is some shade of 
red. 
M. PURPUREA ALDENHAMENSIS. 
Semi-double light pink flowers stained red 
in the bud, followed by an abundant crop 
of purplish red fruit. 
M. PURPUREA ELEYI. Eley Crab. A 
shapely tree to 10 feet which covers itself 
in spring with a mass of little red blooms 
against purple branches. The foliage, 
which follows the blossom, is light reddish 
purple, and this is followed by a heavy crop 
of dark red fruit. 
M. SARGENTI. Sargent Crab. Dwarf 
variety usually less than 6 feet tall. The 
1-inch flowers are clear white, and the fruit, 
Vfc inch in diameter, is dark red. It lasts 
the greater part of the winter. 
M. SIEBOLDI. Toringo Crab. A native of 
Tibet, bearing tinted white blossoms just 
as the leaves begin to unfold and this is 
followed by a great quantity of cherry-red 
fruit holding well into the winter. 
M. SPECT ABILIS RIVERSI. Double- 
flowering Chinese variety with round, pale 
pink flowers. A well-grown tree will reach 
12 feet. 
M. THEIFERA. Tea Crab. An early- 
blooming variety with pinkish white 
flowers in unbelievable quantities. The 
fruit is waxy yellow with crimson cheeks, 
and is very ornamental. 
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 
37 
