Ideal for Shade and Beautiful Spring Color 
DECIDUOUS FLOWERING TREES 
FLOWERING CHERRIES 
Flowering Cherries are known for the exqui- 
site character of their prolific bloom, but 
their bright green foliage is prized as well. 
Bare Root $3.75 up. Higher in Container. 
Daybreak (Akebono). Called the most beau- 
tiful tree in the world, this erect growing tree 
is a cloud of pink every spring with no leaf 
showing. A magnificent single. 
Kwanzan. Small, spreading tree producing 
enormous double pink blooms in heavy clus- 
ters. 
Mt. Fuji. Large, snowy white double flowers 
produced in abundance. 
Stribling’s Pink. Single apple blossom pink of 
great charm and abundant bloom. 
Flowering Crabapple 
WEEPING CHERRIES 
Exquisite for lawns and small grounds, the 
gracefully cascading, slender branches are 
very effective. Available in pink, single or 
double. $7.50 up. 
FLOWERING PEACH TREES 
Bare Root, $2.50 up. Higher in Containers. 
Beautiful low growing trees wonderful for 
spring bloom before the leaves. Large double 
flowers in great masses, clothe every stem. 
Excellent for cutting. After bloom 
prune heavily for next season’s bloom. Hardy. 
Available in early and late forms of red, pink, 
and white. 
is over 
28 BEAUTIFUL SPRING COLOR 
“Malus floribunda. 
HAWTHORN 
All Hawthorns Bare Root $3.50 up. Higher 
in Containers. 
Crataegus Autumn Glory. Small to medium 
sized tree with shiny attractive foliage. White 
flowers in spring, large crimson fruits in fall. 
Crataegus, Paul’s Scarlet. Masses of double 
carmine-red flowers in spring. Red berries in 
fall. 
Crataegus Cordata (Washington). White 
flowers, grows up to 20 feet high. Clusters 
of small red berries in fall. 
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE 
Bare Root, $3.00 up. Higher in Containers. 
“Malus scheideckeri. Double pink; yellow fruit. 
-Malus eleyi purpurea. Purple-red blossoms, 
leaves reddish when young. Fruit dark wine- 
purple. 
Malus ioensis plena, Bechtel Crab. Small tree 
to 15 feet. Crowded in spring with large, fra- 
grant, double pale pink flowers. The bright 
green leaves which follow are neat all year. 
Tall, slender 
Flowers 
tree with 
graceful branches. large, single, 
| typical apple blossom pink. 
‘Malus hopa. Red buds, flowers and fruit. 
FLOWERING 
DOGWOOD 
Cornus florida, 
White Flowering 
Dogwood. Small 
tree, most effective 
in shaded locations 
for the attractive 
white flowers. Pet- 
als, like the Poin- 
settia, are bracts 
encircling the tiny 
flowers in the cen- 
ter. Early spring. 
$4.50 up. 
Cornus florida ru- 
bra, Pink Flowering 
Dogwood. The most 
spectacular with 
light red or pink 
flowers. Use peat or 
leaf mold in the soil 
to insure an acid 
reaction. Partial 
shade. Grafted. 
$6.50 up. 
PURPLE-LEAVED PLUMS 
Priced $3.00 up. Higher in Containers. 
Prunus Blireiana. Brilliant red foliage later 
turning greenish. Dainty soft pink flowers 
line the long slender stems in spring. 
‘Prunus pissardi, Purple Leaf Plum. Small tree, 
deep purple leaves and small pale pink flow- 
ers 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 fol- 
lowed by bronzy-purple foliage holding color 
throughout the summer. 
LOCUSTS 
Robinia decaisneana, Pink Locust. Tall rapid 
growing variety of Black Locust with long 
racemes of fragrant pink flowers. Bare Root, 
$3.00 up. 
Robinia pseudoacacia, Moraine Locust. This 
variety is grown more for its merits as a shade 
tree than a flowering tree, but its beautiful 
form and clean habits have made it in a short 
time one of the most popular landscaping 
trees. Bare Root, $7.50 up. 
Prunus Blireiana 
AND PLEASING SHADE 
