Pink Weeper Crab 
Flowering 
Grabs 
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 Crab in profusion 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. 
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Hopa Crab 
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LTRS 
Malus Floribunda Atropurpurea 
Ma 
lus Ioensis Plena 



Bechtel’s Crab 


Malus Arnoldiana 

