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variety ; some of them (such as fig. 552. 



to a scale of 2 in. to a foot, of which fig. 



553. is a geometrical section to the same 



scale) not ahove 2 ft. 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 succeeding 



page The miniature trees of this variety are admirably adapted 



for children's gardens. 

 ¥ C. C. 5 linearis Dec. Prod, j'l/espilus linearis Dcsf. Arh., ii. p. 156., 



Poir. Supp/., iv. p. 70. ; C. linearis Lodcl. Cat. {fig. 577. in p. 856.) — 



Leaves linear-lanceolate. Spines, or thorns, few, and shortish. Styles 



1 — 2. Fruit of a yellowish red. 

 ffi C. C 6 7i(iiia Dec. Prod, il/espilus nana-D;/w. 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^g. 552, 



t 7. C. (C.) ovALiFO^LiA Hom. The oval-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl., 52. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 596. 

 Sytwnymcs. C. elliptica Loitd. Cat. ; C. Ci us-galli ovalifblia Bot. Reg., t. 1860. 



Eiieravings. Bot. Keg., 1. 1860. ; our fig. !j19. in p. 856. ; and the plate of this species in our Second 

 Volume. 



Spec. Char., dye. 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. Criis-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. 



It 8. C. (C.) prunifo'lia Bosc. The Plum-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Bosc ined. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Synoiiymes. Mespilus prunifolia Poir. Diet., i. p. 443. ; C. caroliniana Lodd. Cat. 

 Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 186S. ; our^^'. 576. in p. 856. ; and the plate of this tree in our Second 

 Volume. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves 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 consiiler also 

 as only a variety of C. Crus-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 ingestria, C. ingestria Lodd. Cat., differs very little from the 

 species. It was raised from seed, at Ligestrie, in Staffordshire, a few- 

 years ago ; and is known, in some collections, as the Ligestrie thorn. 

 There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges, and a tree in the collection at 

 Somerford Hall, in Staffordshire. 



Sta/i.<:tics nfC. Crus-gnlli and its Varieties. In the environs of London, C. Crus.gftlli spli'ndens, at 

 Ham Housej is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 16 in., and of the head 2J 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 14 in., and of the head 29 ft. ; 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 a 

 fine specimen of C. C, .talicifolia, 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- 

 (it\i& and C. C. prunifolia are 15 ft. high. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 40 years planted, the species 



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