ALLARD: CRATAEGUS AT THompson’s MILLS, Ga. 29 
serrate divisions about twice the length of the white petals. The 
thorns are slender, straight and rigid, running from 1.5 to 1.75 
inches in length. 
The fruit ripens about the middle of October and at maturity 
falls with the slightest touch. These fruits are smooth, globose, 
0.5 inch or more in diameter, and orange-red in color. The flesh 
is firm, rather juicy, and with a spicy odor and taste. The promi- 
nent calyx adds noticeably to the appearance of the pretty fruits. 
This little thorn is extremely attractive in autumn when sprinkled 
with the rather large orange-red haws. 
CRATAEGUS COLLINA Chapman. This Crataegus is a common 
species at Thompson’s Mills. It is seen at its best in open fields, 
where it sometimes becomes a much branched, round-headed tree 
15 to 18 feet or more in height. 
The leaves are somewhat coarse in texture, dark, dull green 
in color, mostly obovate and doubly serrate. The young twigs 
are somewhat pubescent. Thorns are numerous, stout, and about 
1.5 inches long. 
This Crataegus blossoms several weeks earlier than the other 
species mentioned in this paper, all of which are in bloom about 
May. On this date in 1910, some trees of C. collina were loaded 
with haws 0.25 inch or more in diameter, green or slightly tinged 
with red on one side. At maturity the fruits are large, globose, 
and red in color. Crataegus collina is one of the largest and most 
ornamental thorns at Thompson's Mills. : 
CrataEcus BEADLE! Ashe. This Crataegus is fairly common 
locally at Thompson's Mills. It is especially common on the 
wooded pasture hillside mentioned earlier in this paper. Here it 
is rather evenly distributed as underbrush beneath the heavy 
pines, and attains a height of from 8 to 10 feet. The branches 
are somewhat tortuous and irregular in their manner of growth, 
producing an open-headed, straggling bush. 
The leaves are thin, delicate, light green in color, and quickly 
wilt when a branch is cut. The compact corymbs are from I to 
1.5 inches across, and include from four to six white showy blos- 
soms. These corymbs are scattered along the slender branches, 
and rarely include more than five blossoms, which fill the air in 
the vicinity with a heavy, sweet, pear blossom fragrance. The 
blossoms are from 0.5 to 0.75 inches in diameter: 
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