
CRIMSON GLORY HAWTHORN 
Reedings Quality 
FLOWERING TREES 
Flowering trees are a part of the glory of spring. There is no waiting 
for a show of flowers—the youngest trees reward their owners with 
gay blossoms right from the beginning. The quick-growing varieties 
a severe pruning after the flowering 

(peaches and plums) requir 
season. Moderately fast growers (cherries, apricots and crabapples) 
need only occasional light pruning to control unruly branches. Flower- 
ing peaches should be sprayed with a solution containing copper 
just as the flower buds swell to prevent curly leaf. 
CERCIS ... Redbud 
Cercis canadensis (American Redbud). 
Smoll tree, every twig of which is cov- 
ered with little pink, pea-shaped blos- 
soms in early spring.. Bare root, 5-6 
$2.00. 
CORNUS . . . Dogwood 
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood). 
Shrub or small tree. Foliage wavy, 
glaucous underneath; flowers white, 
about four inches across. 1 g. c. 3-4 
Sls. 
Cornus florida rubra (Pink Flowering 
Dogwood). Most beautiful of the dog- 
woods; deep pink flowers four inches 
wide covering the tree before the foli- 
age appears. Prefers semi-shade and 
acid soil. BB 3-4’ $6.00. Bare root, 2-3’ 
Dons 
CRATAEGUS ... Hawthorn 
Crataegus carrieri (Carrier's Thorn). small 
pryamidal tree with single white flowers. 
Its greatest beauty lies in the large, 
waxy berries of brilliant scarlet. Bare 
root, 5-6’ $2.00. 
C. cordata (Washington Thorn). A hand- 
some small tree. Leaves triangular, 
lobed, deep, glossy green; flowers white, 
followed by intensely red berries. Bare 
root, 5-6’ $2.50. 
C. oxycantha splendens (Paul's Double 
Scarlet Thorn). Small tree of erect habit 
and quick growth. Flowers double and 
cermine in color; berries dull red. Bare 
root, 5-6’ $2.50. 
KOELREUTERIA ... Golden Rain Tree 
Koelreuteria bipinnata. Beautiful in 
summer with clusters of yellow seed- 
pods. 1 g: c. 2-3’ $1.00: 

CRATAEGUS “CRIMSON GLORY”, Aux Outstanding Garden Newcomen 
CRATAEGUS CRIMSON GLORY. A fine new tree first announced in our 1944 
Catalog under the name Crataegus ‘New Hybrid’’. Let Mr. W. B. Clarke of San 
Jose, to whom we are indebted for this new introduction, tell you about it in his 
own words. 
“This splendid new hybrid Thorn, which is a cross between the large fruited 
Mexican Thorn variously called C. mexicana, C. pubescens, or C. stipulacea, and 
the English Hawthorn, C. oxyacantha. The result is a tree of vigorous, erect 
growth with grayish bark and dark green leathery leaves formed like those of 
its English parent and remaining on the tree until very late in autumn. The 
flowers are white, followed by a remarkable profusion of really gorgeous, glossy, 

brilliant red berries borne all along the branches. These adjectives will seem 
more appropriate when it is specified that the largest “berries’’ are as much as 
one inch long and 4/5-inch in diameter! Here they are fully colored in early 
October, 6 or 8 weeks before those of its very fine “half-brother’’ C. carrieri, 
which we introduced to California about 25 years ago and which is also a 
hybrid of C. mexicana.” 
When you see the first crop of berries, you will agree with us that Mr. Clarke's 
description is conservative. This pest-and-disease-free Crataegus will make a 
fine specimen for garden shade, street, roadway and front-yard planting. Tubbed 
plants, 6-8’, for year-around planting, $5.00. Bare root trees, 8-10’, $5.00. 

LABURNUM .. . Golden Chain 
Laburnum vossi (Long Clustered Golden Chain). A great 
improvement over the old Laburnum vulgare. It is a small 
tree with green bark and foliage like exaggerated clover 
leaves. Flowers are pure golden yellow and formed like 
those of the Wisteria. The hanging clusters attain as much 
FLOWERING TREES 
FOR YEAR-ROUND 
PLANTING 
The normal planting season for 
flowering trees begins in early 
January and continues until 
April 1. Some gardeners find it 
impossible to complete their 
planting while the trees are dor- 
mant so we plant part of our 
supply in handy 5-gallon con- 
tainers for spring, summer and 
fall delivery. Prices for trees in 
containers are slightly higher. 
They are listed in our Summer 
Planting Guide ready for mail- 
ing in early April. 

as 18 to 20 inches length and are borne very profusely 
in late April after most flowering trees are through blooming. 
Bare root, 9-6’ $2.75. 

BECHTEL CRAB 
40 MAGNOLIA STELLATA 
