TUB aen 
1846 
* CRAT EGUS microcárpa. 
| Small-fruited Thorn. 
Nat. ord. Rosackz, $ PomEz. 
CRATZGUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 
C. microcarpa ; subspinosa, foliis fasciculatis longê cuneatis 3-fidis lobatisque 
crenatis glabris nitidis, corymbis multifloris, calycibus glabris laciniis ovatis 
integerrimis, pomis ovato-subrotundis glabris 5-locularibus, putamine tenui. 
C. spathulata. Elliott Fl. S. Carol, 1. 552. Loudon's Arbor. Brit. t.31. k. 
non Mich. nec Pursh, 
Few hardy plants are more deserving of general admi- 
ration for the neatness of their foliage, the diversity of their 
manner of growing, the beauty of their flowers in the spring, 
or the gay appearance of their numerous richly coloured 
haws in the autumn, than the various species of the genus 
Crategus. And yet they are little known, except to the 
curious collector, they are not very frequently seen in gar- 
dens, if we except a E varieties of the common Hawthorn, 
and Botanists themselves have paid them but little attention. 
I, therefore, propose to avail myself of the circulation of 
this work for the purpose of bringing the subject into more 
notice, and of shewing how very well deserving the species 
of Crategus are of general cultivation ; but as they are very 
much alike in flower, and as their strongest claims to be con- 
sidered ornamental plants arise from the beauty of their 
leaves and fruit, it is in the latter state that they will 
generally be represented. 
* See folio 1161. 
