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rection and clipped off in the other. Transplant young trees of 

 uniform size and set them about two feet apart. For hedges 

 it is inferior to the next. The fruit is edible ; and but for the 

 smallness of size and the hard stony seeds, would be a useful 

 article of food. It resists the action of the severest frosts — remain- 

 ing sound after the extremely hard winter just past. The flowers 

 emit a very strong and rather disagreeable odor when fully out, 

 and the tree is then a very beautiful object. The figure shows 

 the character of the leaf and fruit of the natural size. 



15. Orataegus punctata, of Jacques. — Dotted- Fruited Thorn. 



This is usually smaller than 

 the last, the fruit dull red, or 

 yellowish, and dotted ; the 

 leaves will at once distinguish 

 ^ \\^// /7 the species,being wedge-shaped, 

 s\\\\// / X and tapering below into a slen- 

 der petiole. Like most of the 

 thorns, it prefers to grow along 

 the borders of rivers, etc., flow- 

 ering in May and ripening its 

 fruit in September. 



This is the best native hedge 

 plant we have. When properly 

 treated and trimmed it forms a 

 very dense hedge thro' which 

 even thievish boys would find it 

 difiicult to penetrate. It is quite 

 DOTTED-FKUiTED THORN. dcsirablc that experiments 



should be made to determine the value of the dotted-fruited 

 thorn in this respect. It is hardy, and may be relied upon as 

 proof against winters. The figure on this page represents the 

 form of the leaf and fruit of the natural size. 



16. Pyrus coronaria, of Linnaeus. — Crah Tree. 



This well known tree is quite common in Wisconsin, present- 

 ing its large, fragrant flowers in great profusion in May, and its 

 rich fruit ripe in September- Were it not so common, it 



