CHAP. XLII. ROSA CER. CRAT GUS. 841 
25 ft. In Somersetshire, at Leigh Court, 14 years planted, 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7in., 
and of the head 10 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18in., and of 
the head 40 ft.; C. 0. 7dsea, 30ft. high, the trunk 14in., and the head 24 ft. in diameter. 
C. Oxyacdntha, and its Varieties, North of London. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 30 years 
planted and 20 ft. high; and C. 0. miltiplex, of the same age, 23ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, 
at Temple House, the species 40 years planted, is 25 ft. high. In Cambridgeshire, at Wimpole, 25 ft. 
high, In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and of the head 22 ft. 
In Gloucestershire, at Doddington, C. 0. miltiplex, 30ft. high, the trunk 19in. diameter, and the 
diameter of the head 84 ft. In Nottinghamshire, in Clumber Park, the species is 36 ft. high. In Oxford- 
shire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, C. 0. rdsea, 30 years lanted, and 35 ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, 
at Golden Grove, the species, 30 years planted, is 20 ft. high, diameter of trunk 18 in,, and of the head 
30 ft., on limestone ; C. 0. miltiplex, 30 years planted, and 30 ft. high ; C. O. 70sea, 20 years planted, and 
98 ft. high ; and C. O. adrea, 20 years planted, and 15 ft. high. In Radnorshire, at Maeslough Castle, 
29 ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, C. O. multiplex, 10 years planted, and 18 ft. high, 
the diameter of the trunk 9in., and of the head 9ft. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, C. 0. atirea, 26 
years planted, and 13 ft. high; at Alton Towers, C. 0. rdsea, 8 ‘years planted, and 13 ft. high; at 
Wrottesley House, the species, 24 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, and 40 ft. 
high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 40 ft., in clayey loam on clay ; at Great Li- 
vermere, C. QO. vdsea, 35 years planted, and 97 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2in., and of 
the head 34ft.; C. O. multiplex, 35 years planted, and 35 ft. high. In Warwickshire, in a field near 
Rugby, there is a tree of the species, the branches of which are interwoven with one another like a 
piece of network, and hang down to the ground on every side, covering a space of 40 ft. in diameter. 
and the trunk of which is 5 ft. high, and 2 ft. 2in. diameter, forming a singular and beautiful object ; 
at Whitley Abbey, C. 0. pre‘cox, 13 years planted, and10ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 
the species, 20 years planted, is 25 ft. high; and C. O. maltiplex, 25 years planted, is 25 ft. high. 
C. Oxyaciintha, and its Varieties, in Scotland. At Duddingston, near Edinburgh, is a tree of great 
age, which, in 1818, was measured by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and found to be, at 3 ft. above the 
root, 9ft. in girt, and 12 ft. in girt a little way above the roots. This tree was measured for us, in 
1836, by Mr. Barnet, curator of the Catedonian Horticultural Society’s Garden: the total height is 
43 ft., and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 44 ft. ; the girt, at 3 ft. above the root, 
where it was measured by Sir T. Dick Lauder, is 93 ft., and a little way above the root 102 ft. At 
Barnton there is an old tree of the species 40 ft. high; diameter“of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the 
ground, 3 ft. Gin.; and at 4ft., 4ft. 1in.; diameter of the head 44 ft. At Hopetoun House there 
is a tree of the species 20 ft. high, with a trunk 1ft. ]0in. in diameter, In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, 
it is 26ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 27ft. In Haddingtonshire, 
at Tyningham, 110 years planted, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 
47 ft., in light loam on clay; and. C. QO. miltiplex, 73 years planted, is 30 ft. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 1 ft. 10in., and of the head 26ft. At Fountains Hall there is a fine thriving tree, 
mentioned by Sir T. D. Lauder as having been produced from a hawthorn stake driven into a 
dead hedge. (Laud. Gilp., 1. p. 196.) In Renfrewshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, C. O. rdsea, 
14 years planted, and 15ft. high; and C. 0. maltiplex, of the same age, 13 ft. high. In Angus- 
shire, at Kinnaird Castle, the species, 120 years planted, is 45 ft. high, the diameter of trunk 35 in., 
and of the head 40 ft., in sandy loam on clay; C. 0. vdsea, 40 years ‘planted, and 30 ft. high. In 
Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, the species, 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk I ft. 4in., and of the 
head 45 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 35 years planted, and 30 ft. high. 
C. Oxyacdntha, and its Varieties, in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Cypress Grove, 27 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 30 ft. At Terenure, C. 0. pre‘cox and C. 0. miltiplex, 
40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Down, at Ballyleady, the species, 50 years planted, is 20 ft. high. 
In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Galway, at Cool, 28 ft. high, 
the diameter of the trunk I6in., and of the head 47 ft., in loam on limestone. In Tyrone, at Barons’ 
Court, 28 ft. high, with a head 60 ft. in diameter. 
C. Oxyacantha, and its Varieties, in Foreign Countries. In France, at the Petit Trianon, near 
Versailles, 25 ft. high; at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 48 years planted, and 25ft. high. In 
Saxony, at W6rlitz, 36 years planted, and 25ft. high. In Prussia, in the Pfauen Insel, 36 years 
planted, and 24ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 24 years planted, and 
18 ft. high. In Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, C. 0. mondégyna, 22 ft. high. In Italy, 
at nee, C. O. monégyna, 24 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; and the species of the same age, 14 ft. 
igh. 
Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the neighbourhood of London, cost as 
follows: — One year’s seedlings, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per 1000; two years’ 
seedlings, from 5s. to 6s. per 1000; transplanted plants, from 10s. to 15s. per 
1000, according to their size. At Bollwyller, transplanted plants are 2 francs 
2 ° . 
per 100. At New York, the Cratae\gus Oxyacantha is not cultivated as a 
hedge plant; but the varieties are propagated in the nurseries, and cost from 
25 cents to 50 cents each. 
§ xiii. Parvifolie. 
Sect. Char. Weaves small, ovate, serrated or notched, but scarcely lobed. 
Fruit green, or greenish yellow; rather large, hard. 
gy 25. C. pPARVIFO‘LIA Ait. The small-leaved Thorn. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 169.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 598. 
Synonymes. _Méspilus axillaris Pers. Syn., 2. p. 37.3; M.tomentdsa Pot. Dict., 4. p. 443. 3 M. xan- 
thocarpos Lin. Fil. Suppl., 254. ; M. parvifdlia Wats. Dend. Brit.; Crate‘gus tomentdsa Lin. Sp. 
682., Trew Ehr.,t. 17.; C. unifldra Du Roi; C. viridis, axillaris, betulifolia, florida, linearis, Lodd. 
Cat. ; Gooseberry-Jeaved Thorn. 
Engravings. Trew Ehr., t.17.; Dend. Brit., t. 65. ; fig. 557. ; and jig. 614. in p. 867. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, incisely serrated, pubescent. Flow- 
ers mostly solitary. Branchlets and calyxes villose. Stipules bristle-like. 
