BETTER PLANTS 
Ginkgo Tree 
MAGNOLIA acuminata CucumberTree 
A broad, handsome pyramidal speci¬ 
men 75 feet or more tall. Flowers rela¬ 
tively inconspicuous because of their 
greenish yellow color. In the autumn 
the cucumber-like fruitis crack open, 
showing their brilliant scarlet seeds. 
All Magnolias like a moist, well 
drained, deep soil and should be trans¬ 
planted only in the spring. 
M. Soulangeana Saucer Magnolia 
One of the showiest and most pic¬ 
turesque trees of moderate size. Large, 
lustrous foliage and in early spring 
produces large, slightly fragrant, cup¬ 
shaped, pinkish flowers. A most spec¬ 
tacular specimen. 
M. stellata Star Magnolia 
Slow-growing, bushy shrub up to 10 or 
12 feeti. Large, semi-double, fragrant, 
white flowers are produced in great 
profusion in the early spring. Very 
showy lawn specimen with its star-like 
flowers. 
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MALUS - Flowering Crab 
Flowering Crab is a most unfortunate 
name, as it comprises a beautiful assortment 
of hardy, picturesque, rugged, small trees 
unsurpassed for their ornamental value. In 
addition to the flowers, which are various 
shades of pink and completely cover the 
trees in spring, many varieties produce 
bright-colored, miniature apples which last 
well into the winter and insure the birds a 
bountiful Thanksgiving dinner. They lend 
themselves readily to mass and screen plant¬ 
ings, groups or single specimens. 
Malus Amcldiano Arnold's Crab 
Flowers pale rose; fruits large, yellow. 
M., Dolgo Dolgo Crab 
Flowers single white. Fruits brilliant red; 
makes excellent jelly. 
M. Eleyi Ely Crab 
Flowers rosy carmine. Large broad petals 
Purple leaves. 
M. floribunda Japanese Floivering Crab 
Flowers rose; fruits red. 
M. floribunda of rosanguinea Carmine Crab 
Flowers carmine; fruits deep red. 
M., Hopa Hopa Crab 
Purplish leaves. Flowers single, deep pink. 
M. icensis plena Bechtel Crab 
Flowers double, delicate pink. No fruits. 
M. Niedzwefzkyona Red-vein Crab 
Flowers deep pink; fruits deep red. 
M. Parkmani Parkman Crab 
Flowers double, deep rose. No fruits. 
M. robusta Cherry Crab 
Flowers single white; red cherry-like fruit. 
M. Sargenfi Sargent’s Crab 
Dwarf bush, white flowers; red fruits. 
M. Scheideckeri Scheidecker Crab 
Semi-double, pale pink flowers; fruits 
yellow. 
M. theifera Tea Crab 
Flowers blush or very light pink; fruits 
yellow. 
MORUS alba pendula Weeping Mulberry 
Forms a perfect, umbrella-shaped head 
with long, slender branches drooping to 
the ground. The light green foliage com¬ 
pletely hides the stem. One of the best 
small lawn trees. 
Magnolia Soulangeana 
MORUS alba fafarica Russian Mulberry 
This variety forms a large, spreading tree 
with showy flowers. The fruit is attractive to 
the birds. 
OXYDENDRUM arboreum Sourwood 
“Sourwood” because of the acid taste of the 
foliage. Slow growing, graceful little tree pro¬ 
ducing spiky panicles of greenish white flow¬ 
ers late in summer. Its chief attraction is the 
brilliant orange and scarlet foliage in the 
autumn. Hardy in any soil or location and 
endures shade. 
POPULUS Eugenei Carolina Poplar 
Rapid growing tree of large proportions. 
Gives shade very quickly, and grows well 
under adverse conditions. 
P. nigra italica Lombardy Poplar 
Wherever it is planted, its familiar spire-like 
shape stands out like a sentinel. Fast grow¬ 
ing and of easy culture, it is used mostly for 
screen plantings and formal effects. 
PRUNUS cerasifera Pissardi Purple-leaf Plum 
A small tree with deep purple foliage that 
will stand the hot summer weather without 
burning or fading. 
P., Newport Newport Plum 
An improved purple-leaf Plum with deeper 
and better colored foliage. Provides a pleas¬ 
ing contrast when planted among other trees 
or shrubs. 
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Sargenti 
Arnoldiana 
MALUS Floribunda 
Theifera 
