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is 24 ft. high, and the diameter of the head 28 ft. In Sussex, at West Dean, C. C. spléndens, 15 years 
lanted, is 13 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 in., and of the head 21 ft. In Bedfordshire, at South. 
hilt, 22 years planted, the species is 18 ft. high. In Berkshire, at White Knights, C. C. salicifdlia, 35 
years planted, is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 73in., and of the head 26 ft, In Gloucester- 
shire, at Doddington, 9 years planted, the species is 10 ft. high, the diameter of ;the trunk 7 in., and 
of the head 28 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, C. C. salicifdlia, 15 years planted, is 213 ft. high, 
the diameter of the trunk 9in., andjof the head 26 ft. In Oxfordshire, at Oxford, in the Botanic 
Garden, 40 years planted, the species is 30 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, C. C. pyracanthi- 
fdlia, 21 years planted, is 20 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Livermere, 35 years planted, the species is 26 ft. 
high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 14in., and of the head 35 ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 14 years 
lanted, it is 20 ft. high. In Scotland, in Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 10 years planted, it is 12 ft. 
high; in Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, 15 years planted, 12 ft. high; in Ross-shire, at Brahan 
Castle, 20 ft. high. In Ireland, at Dublin, in the Glasnevin Garden, C.C. salicifdlia, 35 years planted, 
is 15 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9in., and of the head 22ft. In Galway, at Cool, the species is 
21 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk QYin., and of the head 25 ft.; in Louth, at Oriel Temple, 
35 years planted, and 21 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 3in, and of the head 25ft. In 
France, in the Jardin des Plantes, there is an avenue of C. C, linearis, averaging 15 ft. high. In 
Saxony, at Wérlitz, the species, 35 years planted, is 20 ft high. In Italy, at Monza, the species,* 24 
years planted, is 16 ft. high; C. C, linearis, 24 years planted, is 12 ft. high; and C. C. pyracanthifolia, 
8 years planted, is 10 ft. high. 
§v. Nigre. 
Sect. Char. Leaves middle-sized, deeply lobed. Lobes pointed. Frnit round, 
black, or purple. Tree rather fastigiate, with few or no spines. Bark 
smooth. 
#9. C.ni'cra Waldst. et Kit. The black-fruited Thorn. 
Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung.,t.61.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.628.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 599. 
Synonymes. Méspilus nigra Willd. Enum., 524. ; C. carpatica Lodd. Cat. 
Engravings. Waldst. et Kit, Pl. Rar. Hung., t. 61.; jig. 581. in p. 857; and the plate of this spe- 
cies in our Second Volume. ; 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves sinuately lobed, and serrated, somewhat wedge- 
shaped, though truncately so, at the base; whitely villose beneath. 
Stipules oblong, serrately cut. Calyxes villose; the lobes slightly toothed. 
Styles 5. Fruit black. (Dec. Prod.,ii. p.628.) A native of Hungary, where 
it forms a large bush, of 15 ft. or 20 ft. in height, throwing up numerous 
suckers from its widely spreading roots, which soon cover the ground with 
a forest of plants. In England, where it is generally propagated by grafting 
on the common thorn, it forms a very handsome, upright, somewhat fasti- 
giate tree, from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high, putting forth its leaves, in mild seasons, 
in February or March; flowering in April or May; and ripening its fruit in 
July and August. Nightingales are said to be attracted by this tree, pro- 
bably because it is particularly liable to be attacked by insects, and because 
numerous caterpillars are to be found on it, about the time when the night- 
ingale is in full song. It was introduced in 1819; and there are large and 
handsome specimens of it in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and 
at Messrs. Loddiges’s. There is also, in Sussex, at West Dean, a tree, 14 
years planted, which is 19 ft. high; and one in the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, 10 years planted, which is 15 ft. high. 
¥ 10. C. purpu‘REA Bosc. The purple-branched Thorn. 
Identification. Bosc ined. ; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 628.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 599. 
Synonyme. C. sanguinea Hort. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 60.; our jig. 582, in p. 857.; and the plate of this species in our 
Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. . Branches dark purple. Leaves ovate, cuneate at the base, 
lobed with broad lobes, serrated, glabrous, or pubescent beneath. Stipules 
somewhat circular, serrated with glanded serratures. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p- 628.) The native country of this species, according to De Candolle, is 
unknown; but, as we consider it to be nothing more than another form of 
C. altaica, we conclude it to be indigenous in the Altaic Mountains. It 
has been in cultivation in England since 1822, and flowers early in April ; 
being the very first species of Cratz‘gus that comes into flower in the 
neighbourhood of London, excepting always the Glastonbury thorn. It 
forms an upright, rigid, rather slow-growing tree, without thorns; it has a 
few small branches, and is not densely clothed with leaves. It has a starved 
and somewhat stunted appearance, and is readily known by the purple 
colour of its young shoots. The bark of the old wood is of a dark purple 
