1846 



* CRATiEGUS microcarpa. 



Small-fruited Thorn. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea, § Pome^. 

 CRAT^GUS.— Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 



microcarpa ; subspinosa, foliis fasciculatis longe cuneatis 3-fidis lobatisque 

 crenatis glabris nitidis, corymbis multifloris, calycibus glabris laciniis ovatis 

 integerriinis, pomis ovato-subrotundis glabris 5-loculaiibu3, putamine tenui. 



spathulata. Elliott Fl. S. Carol. 1. 552. Loudon's Arbor. Brit. t.3\. k. 

 non Mich, nee Pursh. 



Fe^ 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 

 Crataegus. And yet they are little known, except to the 

 curious collector, they are not very frequently seen in gar- 

 dens, if we except a few 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 Crataegus 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 Mo 1161. 



