FLOWERING TREES 
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THE GREENING NURSERY COMPANY 


Flowering Crab Trees (Malus floribunda) (See page 43) 

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Paul’s Scarlet Hawthorn (Crataegus) (See page 43) 

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Greening Free Landscaping Service 

MALUS - Flowering Crab—Continued 
M. niedzwetzkyana (Redvein Crab). Early. A Russian 
Turkestan species, remarkable for the red: color of the 
flower, branches, leaves and fruit. 
M. sargenti (Sargent’s Crab). Very dwarf spreading variety. 
Pale straw color flowers with bright yellow anthers; scar- 
let fruit hanging until Spring. 
PRUNUS 
Flowering Plum 
Prunus triloba_flore- 
pleno (Doubleflowering 
Plum). A charming 
small tree 3 to 5 ft. high, 
of spreading, vigorous 
growth. Very early in 
Spring before the leaves 
appear, the whole tree is 
decked in a fleecy cloud 
of very double, light 
pink blossoms. Its ef- 
fect on a still lifeless 
landscape is very bright. 
P. cerasifera Newport 
(Purpleleaf Plum). A 
distinct and handsome 
little tree, rarely over 20 
ft. high, covered with a 
mass of small white sin- 
gle flowers in Spring, 
later with showy pink- 
ish-purple leaves that 
deepen in color to the 
end of the season. Itisa 
unique and_ beautiful 
ornament to the lawn. 

White Flowering Dogwood 
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Redbud (Cercis) (See page 43) 
The Beauty of a Properly Planted Place Does Not Cease when the Snows Come 
