86 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. ROSACEZ. 
small in comparison to the size of the fruit, thin, rounded, or slightly and irregularly ridged on the 
back, and a third of an inch long. 
First distinguished from trees in the Arnold Arboretum raised from seeds collected in 1883 in 
Newport, Arkansas, by Mr. George W. Letterman, Crataegus Arkansana has not been rediscovered. 
Perfectly hardy in eastern Massachusetts, where it has grown rapidly to a large size, this handsome 
tree is unsurpassed late in the autumn in the beauty of its large brilliant and abundant fruits, which 
remain on the branches long after those of the other species of this group have disappeared, and make 
it one of the most desirable garden plants of the genus. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Pirate DCLX. Cratzeus ARKANSANA. 
. The end of a flowering branch, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a flower, natural size. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a fruit, natural size. 
. Cross section of a fruit showing the nutlets, natural size. 
. A nutlet, side view, enlarged. 
NID OF BR CO De 
. A nutlet, front view, enlarged. 
