32 ALLARD: CRATAEGUS AT THompson’s MILLs, Ga. 
At Thompson’s Mills on the estate of the J. N. Thompson COs 
several fine individuals of C. collina have by good foresight been 
allowed to grow until they have become especially fine, large, 
flourishing trees. 
Crataegus collina is the finest species in this region, and in 
open, favorable situations it becomes a clean, compact, sym- 
metrical round-headed tree, the heavy foliage of which affords an 
abundance of shade. 
In this region Crataegus spathulata has few peers among the 
wild, native ornamentals. The dark green leaves of C. Crus-galli, 
which are as glossy as if they had been varnished, are an especially 
attractive feature of this thorn. The smaller C. Beadlei is most 
attractive in springtime when covered with the numerous white 
blossoms. With a little care the species of Crataegus can be 
readily transplanted, and may be trained to become very graceful 
and shapely shrubs or trees. It is rather to be deplored that we 
so often neglect our wild, native ornamental thorns for something 
foreign and oftentimes not nearly so hardy or so pleasing to the eye. 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 
U. S. DEP’T oF AGRICULTURE, 
WASHINGTON, D. 
