Nalus 
lowering Grabs 
(State regulations forbid the ship- 
ment of Malus and Crataegus into the 
states of Colorado and Utah.) 
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 spectacular planting in Wash- 
inglon, 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 delicately consti- 
tuted Cherries. They also “exhibit a 
greater variety in character of tree, a 
wider range of color in their blossoms, 
and in autumn are adorned with glit- 
tering clusters of fruit in shades of 
green, yellow, orange, scarlet and crim- 
son. No other flowering trees equal the 
flowering Crabs 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 
stot and clumsy. 
Hopa Crab 
Crimson Brilliant Crab 
An Unusually 
Gine Pink 
FLOWERING CRAB 
Hopa Each $4.00, Three $11.09, Doz. $40.00 
Beautiful in bloom, beautiful in foliage, beau- 
tiful in fruit. In the spring it is completely 
covered with fragrant, bright pink flowers. From 
midsummer till severe freezing, the clusters of 
small. red Crab Apples gleam brightly along the 
branches. This fruit makes very fine jelly. In 
the spring the foliage is a rich maroon. Perfectly 
hardy, easy to grow, thriving in any soil. 
Halus Crimson Brilliant 
The Most Brilliant Red Flowering Crab 
to Date! 
(Plant Pat. No. 939) 
This new brilliant red, semi-double Flowering 
Crab comes to us from Des Moines, lowa. We are 
indebted for this beautiful tree to Mr. A. F. den 
Boer, who is recognized as America’s leading ex- 
pert on Flowering Crabs. More than 27 years of 
breeding and selecting have gone into the creation 
of this, his choicest specimen. First of all, it is 
very hardy and can be grown anywhere. It is of 
medium size; when mature it is about 15 feet tall 
so it can be grown in small gardens without crowd- 
ing out other things. It grows quickly and will 
flower a year after planting, but as the tree grows 
older it increases in floriferousness. The fruit is 
Purple-red in color and about the size of a Cherry 
and the flesh is also red. The six-year-old specimen 
illustrated was completely covered with crimson 
flowers of a shade not unlike that of the well 
known Darwin Tulip City of Haarlem. Crimson Bril- 
liant Crab is without any question the finest of the 
red Crabs. There is nothing that can compare with 
it and it is our choicest introduction of new Crabs. 
Each $7.00 
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