CHAP. XLII. ROSA‘CEX. CRATE‘GUS, 821 
variety ; some of them (such as fig. 552. 
to a scale of 2in. to a foot, of which fig. 
553. is a geometrical section to the same ““ 
scale) not above 2ft. high, and others 
from that height to 15 ft.; all of them 
bearing the same general character of a stunted cedar of Lebanon, 
like those in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, figured in a suceeeding 
page. The miniature trees of this variety are admirably adapted 
for children’s gardens. 
¥ C.C.5 linearis Dec. Prod. Méspilus linearis Desf. Aré., ii. p. 156., 
Poir, Suppl., iv. p. 70.; C. linearis Lodd. Cat. (fig. 577.in p. 856.)— 
Leaves linear-lanceolate. Spines, or thorns, few, and shortish. Styles 
1—2. Fruit of a yellowish red. 
& C. C. 6 nana Dec. Prod. Méspilus nana Dum. Cours. Supp:, p. 386.— 
Branchlets tomentose in some degree. Leaves oval-lanceolate; the 
under surface paler than the upper. A shrub, or, when trained to 
a single stem, a miniature tree, as in fig. 552. 

* 7. C.(C.) ovatiro‘~1a Horn. The oval-leaved Thorn. 
Identification. Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl, 52.; Dee. Prod., 2. p. 627.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 596. 
Synonymes. C. elliptica Lodd. Cat.; C. Cras-galli ovalifdlia Bot. Reg., t. 1860. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t.1860.; our fig. 579. in p. 856.; and the plate of this species in our Second 
olume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, serrated, a little pilose on both surfaces, and 
shining on the upper one. Stipules half-heart-shaped, incisely serrated, 
with glanded serratures. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 627.) A native of North 
America; and, according to Horneman, akin to C. Cris-galli. (Ibid.) We 
feel convinced, indeed, that it is only a variety of that species. We allow, 
however, that it is very distinct ; it being furnished with very few thorns, 
and having that loose spreading habit of growth which is characteristic of 
most of the varieties ; for which reason, and, also, in order to allow those 
who differ from us in opinion still to recognise it as a species, we have 
given the details in the specific form. A plant of this sort, at Croome, in 
Worcestershire, 25 years planted, is 25 ft. high. 
¥ 8. C.(C.) PruniFo'L1A Bosc. The Plum-leaved Thorn. 
Identification. Bosc ined. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 598. 
Synonymes. Méspilus prunifolia Poir. Dict., 4. p.445.; C. caroliniana Lodd. Cat. 
Siggy anines. Bot, Reg., t, 1868.; our jig. 576. in p. 856,; and the plate of this tree in our Second 
olume, 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves with the disk broadly ovate, unequally serrated, 
and glabrous; the petioles bearing a few glands. Sepals with glanded 
serratures. Peduncle and calyx a little villose. Seeds 2 in a pome. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 627.) A native of North America. This sort we consider also 
as only a variety of C. Cras-galli; and it differs from the preceding one 
in having broader and shorter leaves, a more compact and fastigiate habit 
of growth, and rather more thorns on the branches. The leaves of this 
and the preceding kinds die off of a much deeper red than the narrow- 
leaved varieties, which often drop quite green, yellow, or of a yellowish red, 
Variety. 
C. (C.) p.2 ingéstria, C. ingéstria Lodd. Cat., differs very little from the 
species. It was raised from seed, at Ingestrie, in Staffordshire, a few 
years ago; and is known, in some collections, as the Ingestrie thorn. 
There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges, and a tree in the collection at 
Somerford Hall, in Staffordshire. 
Statistics of C. Crius-gdlli and its Varieties. In the environs of London, C. Cris-g4lli spléndens, at 
Ham House, is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 16 in., and of the head 23 ft. Near the Fulham 
Nursery, the species, 40 years planted, is 30 ft. high: at Syon it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of 
the trunk 14in., and of the head 29ft.; the branches on every side being pendent to the ground. 
(See the plate of this tree in our Second Volume.) In the Surrey Zoological Gardens there is 2 
fine specimen of C. C. salicifolia, which overhangs the water ; there is also a large tree of this variety 
at Wimbledon House. In the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges’s, C. C. ovali- 
folia and C. C. prunifodlia are 15 ft. high. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 40 years planted, the species 
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