

Pink Weeper Crab 
Flowering 
Cra bs 
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 spectac- 
ular 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 deli- 
cately constituted Cherries. They 
also exhibit a greater variety 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 crim- 
son. No other flowering trees 
equal the flowering Crabs in pro- 
fusion of bloom, and amongst 
other good qualities, varieties may 
be selected which have a restricted 
growth or dwarf habit so that they 
will never become too large and 
clumsy. 
Hopa Crab 
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Malus Floribunda Atropurpurea 
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Malus Ioensis Plena—Bechtel’s Crab 


