180 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. ROSACEZ. 
1881, by Mr. G. W. Letterman, by whom seeds were sent in 1883 to the Arnold Arboretum, where 
this tree is now fully established. 
1 In the Arnold Arboretum the flowers of Crataegus nitida open ing gradually turned to a rich orange-yellow color through shades 
during the first week in June, and the fruit ripens toward the end _ of bronze and orange-red, while the leaves on the shoots of lateral 
of October, and falls gradually. At this season of the year it is a branchlets are still green and very lustrous, and make a beautiful 
handsome object, the large leaves of the long vigorous shoots hav- _ contrast with the abundant but rather dull-colored fruits. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puiate DCCII. Craracus nrrma. 
1A flowering branch, natural size. 
2. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 
3. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
4. Cross section of a fruit, enlarged. 
5. A nutlet, enlarged 
