
Pink Weeper Crab Malus Ioensis Plena—Bechtel’s 
flowering Grabs 
Two groups of flowering trees, the Cherries and the Crabs, stand 
far above all others in daintiness and grace. The Japanese Cherries 
are well advertised by the spectacular planting in Washington, D. C., 
but the even lovelier Crab Apples have never received justice at the 
hands of American planters. Crabs are extremely hardy and will 
thrive in positions and exposures 
which would be fatal to the more 
delicately constituted Cherries. 
They also exhibit a greater va- 
riety in character of tree, wider 
range of color in their blossoms, 
and in autumn are adorned with 
glittering clusters of fruit in 
shades of green, yellow, orange, 
scarlet, and crimson. No other 
flowering trees equal the flower- 
ing Crabs in profusion of bloom, 
and amongst other good qualities, 
varieties may be selected which 
have a restricted growth or dwarf 
habit so that they will never be- 
come too large and clumsy. 

Malus Floribunda 
A magnificent Flowering Crab 
offered at a special price. 
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