
ROEDING’S QUALITY FLOWERING TREES 

A judicious selection of flower- 
ing fruit trees will provide 
your garden with a long sea- 
son of flowers (good for cut- 
ting, too). Flowering plums 
and apricots are earliest of 
all, followed by flowering 
peaches, flowering crab- 
apples and flowering cher- 
ries. The first blooms begin to 
appear in January and the 
cherries bring the season to a 
close in April. 
KOELREUTERIA . . . Golden Rain Tree 
Koelreuteria bipinnata. FLT6. Beautiful in 
summer with clusters of yellow seed-pods. 
1 g. c. 2-3. $1.00. 
LABURNUM ... Golden Chain 
Laburnum vossi. FLT9. (Long Clustered 
Golden Chain.) A great improvement over 
the old Laburnum vulgare. It is a small 
tree with green bark and foliage like ex- 
aggerated clover leaves. Flowers are pure 

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golden yellow and formed like those of the 
Wisteria. The hanging clusters attain as 
much as 18 to 20 inches length and are 
borne very profusely in late April after 
most flowering trees are through blooming. 
Bare root, 5-6’ $2.75. 
FLOWERING CHERRIES 
All varieties: Bare root, 5-6’ $3.00. 
Akebono. FLT20. (Daybreak.) Very early. 
Flowers single, pink; borne entirely before 
CRIMSON GLORY HAWTHORN 

Au Outstanding Contribution to Garden Beauty 
CRATAEGUS CRIMSON GLORY 
CRATAEGUS CRIMSON GLORY. FLT4. 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 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 Eng- 
lish parent and remaining on the tree until very late in autumn. The flowers are white, followed by a remark- 
akle profusion cf really gorgeous, glossy, brilliant red berries borne all along the branches. These adjec- 
tives will seem more appropriate when it is specified that the largest ‘‘berries’’ are as much as one inch 
iong 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, ycu 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. 

3 FLOWERING 
CRABAPPLES: 
(Left to Right) 
FLORIBUNDA, 
ALDENHAM, 
KAIDO 


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the leaves and in such profusion as to make 
the tree look like a pink cloud. 
Kanzan. FLT21. Double, dark pink with extremely 
large flowers. 
Pink Pearl. FLT22. Double, medium pink flowers 
borne in profusion on a vigorous tree. 
Shirotae. FLT23. Favorite double white. Flowers 
faintly tinted pink when opening, quickly changing to 
pure white. 
FLOWERING CRABAPPLES 
All varieties: Bare root, 4-5’ $1.25, 
3-4' $1.00, 2-3° 85e. 
Pyrus aldenhamensis. FLT25. Semi-double red flow- 
ers, purplish red fruits and purplish foliage, makes 
this new variety a year-round attraction. 
P. arnoldiana. FLT26. A most profuse bloomer. The 
slender branches are weighted with carmine-red 
buds that open to sharply contrasting blooms of pal- 
est pink. 
P. floribunda. FLT27. Tall, slender tree with grace- 
ful branches. Flowers large, single, and typical ap- 
ple blossom pink. 
P. ioensis plena. FLT28. (Bechtel Crab.) Double pink 
flowers like small clustered roses; fragrant; late 
blooming. 
P. kaido, FLT29. Flowers partly double, pale pink 
and carmine; branches slender and graceful. 
FLOWERING ALMONDS 
Dwarf Double Flowering Almond. FLT30. Shrubby 
little tree with long, slender branches heavily laden 
in earliest spring with very double rosette-like flow- 
ers. We can supply these in either pink or white. 
Bare root, 3-4’ $1.25, 2-3’ $1.00. 
FLOWERING APRICOTS 
These cheerful trees bloom much earlier than flower- 
ing peaches and lighten the home and garden on 
dull winter days. You will enjoy their spicy perfume. 
All varieties: Bare root, 5-6’ $1.50, 4-5’ $1.25, 
3-4' $1.00, 2-3’ 85c. 
Bonita, FLT31. Double deep red. Very early. 
Dawn. FLT32. Mid-season variety with large ruffled . 
double pink flowers. Intensely fragrant. 
Peggy Clarke. FLT33. Distinctive double deep rose, 
flowers are medium sized, profuse. New. 
Rosemary Clarke. FLT34. Pure white flowers are 
large and double, exquisitely fragrant. New. 
