
MODESTO ASH 
FLOWERING PLUM—Prunus Blireiana 
PURPLE-LEAVED PLUMS 
Priced $1.50 up. Slightly higher in containers. 
Prunus blireiana. Brilliant red foliage later turning greenish. Flow- 
ers dainty soft pink and double line the long slender stems in spring. 
Prunus pissardi, Purple Leaf Plum. Small tree, deep purple leaves 
and small pale pink flowers in spring. Deep red branches and twigs 
are interesting even in winter. 
Prunus Thundercloud. Really lives up to its name. Masses of early 
white flowers followed by bronzy-purple foliage holding color 
throughout the summer. 
FLOWERING LOCUSTS 
Robinia decaisneana, Pink Locust. Tall rapid growing variety of 
Black Locust with long racemes of fragrant pink flowers. 

FLOWERING PEACH 


PAUL’S FLOWERING HAWTHORN 
WEEPING WILLOW 
Salix babylonica. Grows to 30 feet with long drooping branches. 
The leaves are finely toothed and greyish-green beneath. 
Niobe, Golden Weeping Willow. Golden bark, graceful weeping 
habit. 
ELMS 
Ulmus pumila, Chinese Elm. Very rapid growing, extremely hardy 
tree. Tolerant of most adverse soil and water conditions. Holds 
leaves until very late in fall. 

FLOWERING CRABAPPLE 
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