822 AnBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



is 24 ft. high, and the diameter of the head 28 fl. In Sussex, at West Dean, C. C. splfendens, 15 years 

 planted, is 13 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 in., and of the head 21 ft. In Bedfordshire, at South, 

 hill, 22 years planted, the species is 18 ft. high. In BtTkshire, at White Knights, C. C. salicifblia, 35 

 years planted, is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7|in., and of the liead 26 tl. 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. jalicifblia, 15 years planted, is 21^ ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 2l>ft. In Oxfordshire, at O.xford, in the Botanic 

 Garden, 40 years planted, the species is 30 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Trenthani, C. C. pyracanthi- 

 fblia, 21 years planted, is 20 It. high. In Suffolk, at Liverniere, 35 years planted, the species is 26 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 1-1 in., and of the head 35 ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 14 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Scotland, in Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 10 years planted, it is 12ft. 

 high; in Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, 15 years planted, 12ft. high; in Koss-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, 20 ft. high. In Ireland, at Dublin, in the Glasnevin Garden, tVC. *alicifc>lia, .35 years planted, 

 is 15 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 22 ft. In Galway, at Cool, the species ia 

 21 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 25 ft. ; in Louth, at Oriel Temple, 

 35 years planted, and 21 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 It. 3 in , and of the head 25 ft. In 

 France, in twe Jardin des Plantos, there is an avenue of C. C. linearis, averaging 15 ft. high. In 

 Saxony, at Worlitz, the species, 35 years planted, is 20 ft high. In Italy, at Monza, the species, 24 

 years planted, is lii ft. high : C. C. linearis, 24 years planted, is 12 ft. high ; and C. C. pyracanthifftlia, 

 8 years planted, is 10 ft. high. 



§ V. Ntg7-ce. 



Sect. CJiar. Leaves middle-sized, deeply lobed. Lobes pointed. Fruit round, 

 black, or purple. Tree rather fa.stigiate, with few or no spines. Bark 

 smooth. 



t 9. C. Ni^GR.\ Waldsf. ft Kit. The hXacV-fruited Thorn. 



Iikntification. W'aldst et Kit PI. Bar. Hung., t. 61. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. C28.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 599. 

 Si/nonymes. A/espilus nigra IVilld. Enion., 524. ; C. carpatica Lodd. Cat. 



Engravings. Waldst. et Kit. PI. Rar. Hung., t 61. ; Jig. 581. in p. 857. ; and the plate of this spe- 

 cies in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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.,n. p. 6-i8.) A native of Hungary, where 

 it forms a large bush, of 13 ft. or 20 ft. in height, throwing up numerous 

 suckers from its wide!}' spreading roots, which soon cover the ground with 

 a forest of plants. In England, where it is generally propagated by grafting 

 on the conmion 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 specimeus of it in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and 

 at Messrs. Loddiges's. There is also, in Sussex, at West Dean, a tree, \i 

 years planted, which is 19ft. high; and one in the Botanic Garden, Edin- 

 burgh, 10 years planted, which is loft. high. 



2 10. C. PURPU^REA Bosc. The purple-branclied Thorn. 



Identification. Bosc ined. : Dec. Prod. 2. p. 628. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 599. 

 Synonyme. C. sanguinea Hort. 



Engrai'ings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 60. ; OUT Jig. 582. in pi 857. ; and the plate of this species in our 

 Second volume. 



Spec. Char., c^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 CandoUe, 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 Cratse'gus that comes into flower in the 



neighbourhood of London, excepting always the Glastonbur\ 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 



