Malus Floribunda Atropurpurea 
Adstringens Each $5.00, Three $14.00, Doz. $50.00 
At the Morton Arboretum from where our stock plants came, 
this is one of the great favorites with Arboretum visitors. The 
buds are very dark red but flowers have an unusually lovely 
shade of deep rose-pink. They fade towards the end of the 
blooming period but the show it makes is superb. Bronzy 
purple foliage provides a perfect accompaniment for the 
blossoms and changes later to medium green. Fruit indiffer- 
ent, pale yellow. In habit the tree is symmetrically round- 
headed. Maximum height is about 30 ft. Plants we send out 
are about 5 to 6 feet. 
Floribunda atropurpurea 
Each $2.75, Three $7.75, Doz. $27.50 
In habit it exactly resembles Floribunda, but it is much more 
brilliant than that variety. The flowers are red and when 
this tree is in bloom it will stop every passer-by. The bronzy 
red foliage also contributes mightily to its showiness and 
beauty. In the autumn when the thousands of small Apples 
turn red you again behold a lovely sight. It is a strong grow- 
er and will bloom profusely on small plants. In fact, the 
flowers are so prcfuse they completely hide all twigs and 
branches. 
Floribunda Hillieri Each $5.00, Three $14.00, Doz. $50.00 
This handsome new English Crab will soon replace the com- 
mon Floribunda. The flowers are almost an inch in diameter 
and semi-double; crimson in bud, opening a beautiful shade ie By es j 
of bright pink, wreathing the arching stems in clusters of i ie ae peer 
from 5 to 8 flowers. It blooms late and prolongs the flower- . 
ing season by several days. One of the best of the double Malus Ioensis Plena—Bechtel’s Crab 
Crabs. Ultimate height, about 10 to 12 feet. 
Ioensis plena Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Bechtel’s Crab is a double form of the Wild Crab Apple of 
the Mississippi Valley. The original plant was discovered 
near Staunton, Illinois, in 1850, and was brought into culti- 
vation about forty years later by a man named Bechtel. It is 
a robust, round-headed tree with double, pale pink flowers 
about 2 inches across, exactly like little Roses. They have 
a delicate violet scent. 
Kaido or Fragrant Crab 
Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
This is an indispensable, noted for its deliciously fragrant, 
soft pink flowers. It blooms early and the exquisite coloring 
of its rose-pink buds and rich clear pink flowers makes _ it 
one of the finest small pink flowered trees. In growth it is 
decidedly upright, in fact, almost pyramidal and when fully 
grown will be about 8 to 10 feet in height, and not much 
more than 4 feet across. A rare tree which we are happy 
to be able to offer at last. We send 4-year-old trees, about 
3 to 4 feet high. 
Pink Weeper Crab Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
This is an unusually handsome Weeping Flowering Crab. 
The main stem is upright. The branches are weeping and 
droop onto the ground. The effect is like a fountain and 
when in bloom in spring, a picture not easily forgotten. 
Makes a perfect small specimen tree for the lawn. The 
flowers are crimson-purple when open; the buds blood-red. 
A beautiful flowering, small weeping tree. Its attractiveness 
is prolonged by its fruits until late in the fall. Ultimate height 
12 to 15 feet. We offer nicely shaped trees about 4 to 5 feet. 
Scheideckeri Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
The flowers of Scheidecker’s Crab are double, bright pink, 
last a long time, and the fruit, which is produced in great 
; ’ profusion, is waxy yellow. The tree has a regular pyramidal 
Pink Weeper Crab habit, about 15 feet high. One of the earliest to bloom. 
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