12 BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 
MALUS-FLOWERING CRABS—DESCRIPTIVE LIST—CONTINUED 
hopa — Hopa Crab 20-25: ft: 
A very attractive variety of strong upright growth, probably a variety of Malus ad- 
stringens. It bears a profusion of very large double flowers of an unfading rose-red, 
tollowed by large edible fruits that are very distinctly red fleshed. 
“Lady Northcliffe” 
A very attractive Crab with pinkish-white flowers and small yellow fruits. 
“Oekonomierat Echtermeyer” 
Drooping, almost pendulous branches; carmine-pink flowers and brownish red-fruit. 
pumila pendula “Elise Rathke” 
A picturesque tree with broad-spreading horizontal branches which ascend at the tips. 
Light pink flowers and large yellowish-green fruit, striped red. 
prunefolia rinki — Ringo Crab 15-18 ft. 
A strong growing variety with wide-spreading branches and large flower trusses. Deli- 
cate pink in bud, followed by almost white flowers. The very decorative red or yellow 
fruit is produced very abundantly and persists on the tree well into the Winter. 
purpurea aldenhamensis — Aldenham Crab 16-18 ft. 
Another very showy hybrid with bronze-purple foliage. Very similar to the Eley Crab, 
but the bloom is larger, semi-double to double, and a bright vineous-red. 
purpurea Eleyi — Eley Crab 16-18 ft. 
A very showy and handsome hybrid with reddish purple foliage, the best of the purple- 
leaved Crabs. The flowers are a brilliant bright red followed by dark purple fruits. 
scheideckeri — Scheidecker Crab Taloere 
A rather small uprightly branched tree with a tendency to grow in bush form when 
not trimmed regularly. Flowers semi-double to double, borne very freely in upright 
clusters, red in bud, opening deep pink. A very decorative variety. 
seiboldi calocarpa (M. zumi calocarpa) — Toringo Crab Lait 
A wide-spreading shrubby Crab with large dark-pink flowers followed by small scarlet 
fruits. A very floriferous and attractive variety. 
theifera — Tea Crab 15-16 ft. 
One of the best and most interesting of the Flowering Crabs. Flowers light pink. 
Very free-flowering, resembling in its flowering habit a Cherry rather than a Crab. 
“Veitch’s Scarlet” 
One of the showiest of the Flowering Crabs with large white flowers and attractive 
scarlet fruit. 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
The Shrubs that we are offering are young, thrifty, well grown, and have been 
given plenty of room in the row to develop into well-shaped bushy plants. Graded 
according to the Standard Grades of the American Association of Nurserymen. Fig- 
ures following the name of the plant indicate average ultimate height under rea- 
sonably good growing conditions in this section of the country. 
ACANTHOPANAX (Aralia) pentaphyllum — Five-leaved Aralia 6-7 ft. 
A fine massing shrub of medium height with shiny dark 
green foliage that does not show dust. Grows well in poor and 
gravelly soil. Per 10 Per 100 
18 :to 24 hinches: 242 Hoe oe aie a eh ee os ens A ek $ 1.90 $ 16.00 
2 to “3 o feet 5 2b Bi We eG Oak aint et ok Se Ge oe 2.30 20.00 
a htO. 4) eetl coer see ie ee ee ye eee oes ee 2.80 25.00 
AitoleS feet eset ee lealel @ SAPs see ine ven eae ee es 3.50 30.00 
ALMOND — Pink Flowering (Prunus glandulosa rosea) Sett. 
Heavy well branched plants. We are growing all of our 
Almonds on their own roots. Such plants are much more com- 
pact and better in shape than those grown on Plum roots. 
18):to 24ninch, 7 owns root ee ee ee ee a 2.80 25.00 
2 tors feet; “own Uroot! eek ee le Se See A Ys Sept 3.60 32.00 
3 -to 315) feet, ‘own *r00t 2 ee ei ee ee warren 4.25 38.00 

Prices quoted are for wholesale quantities. Orders calling for less than five of a variety and 
size are not wholesale and can be filled only as outlined on page 2. 
