CHAP. XL!I. itOSA CEii:. 6'IlAT^ GUS. 841 



'25 ft. In Somersetshire, at Leigh Court, 14 years planted, 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 in., 

 and of the head 10 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and of 

 the head 40 ft. ; C. 0. rbsea, 30 ft. high, the trunk 14 in., and the head 24ft. in diameter. 



C. Oxyacdniha, and its I'aricties, North of London. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 30 years 

 planted, and 20 ft. high; and C. 0. multiplex, of the same age, 2.3 ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, 

 at Temple House, the species 40 years planted, is 2.'5 ft. high. In Cambridgeshire, at Wimpole, 25 ft. 

 high. In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, 34 ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 18 in., and of the head 22 ft'. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Doddington, C. 0. multiplex, 30ft. high, the trunk 19in, diameter, and the 

 diameterof 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. rbsea, 30 years planted, and .3.5ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, 

 at Golden Grove, the species, 30 years planted, is 20 ft. high, diameterof trunk 18 in., and of the head 

 30 ft.,on hmestone ; C. O. multiplex, 30 years planted, and 30ft. high ; C. 0. rdsea, 20 years planted, and 



28 ft. high ; and C. 0. ai'irea, 20 years planted, and 15 ft. high. In Radnorshire, at Maeslough Castle, 



29 ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, C. 0. mi'iltiplex, 10 years planted, and 18 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 9ft. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, C. 0. avirea, 26 

 years planted, and 13 ft. high; at Alton Towers, C. O. rosea, 8 ;years planted, and 13 ft. high; at 

 VVrottesley House, the species, 24 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Pinborough Hall, 70 years planted, and 40 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 40 ft., in clayey loam on clay ; at Great Li- 

 vermere, C. O. rosea, 35 years planted, and 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of 

 the head 34fl. ; C. 0. multiplex, 35 years planted, and 35 ft. high. In Warwickshire, in a field near 

 Kugby, there is a tree of the species, the branches of which are interwoven with one another like a 

 l)iece 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. 2 in. diameter, forming a singular and beautiful object • 

 at Whitley .\bbey, C. O. praVox, 13 years planted, and loft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome| 

 the species, 20 years planted, is 25 ft. high ; and C. 0. multiplex, 25 years planted, is 25 ft. high. 



C. Oxyacuntha, 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, 9 ft. in girt, and 12 ft. in girt a little way above the roots. This tree was measured for us, in 

 183ri, by Mr. Barnct, curator of the Caledonian 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 94 ft., and a little way above the root 10^ 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. tiin. ; and at 4 ft., 4ft. 1 in. ; diameter of the head 44 ft. At Hopetoun House there 

 is a tree of the species 20 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 10 in. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran 

 it is 26 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 27 ft. 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. 0. multiplex, 73 years planted, is 30 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in., and of the head 26 ft. 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. {Laiid. Gilp., 1. p. 196.) In Renfrewshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, C. O. rbsea 

 14 years planted, and 15 ft. high; and C. O. multiplex, of the same age, 13 ft. high. In Angusl 

 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. rbsea, 40 years planted, and 30 ft. high. In 

 Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, the species, 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In pifeshire, 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 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft. At Terenure, C. 0. |>riE"cox and C. O. multiplex 

 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Down, at Ballyleady, the species, 30 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 16 in., 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. Oxyacdntha, 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 25 ft. high. In 

 Saxony, at Wiirlitz, 36 years planted, and 25ft. high. In Prussia, in the Pfauen Insel, 36 years 

 planted, and 24 ft. 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. O. monugyna, 22 ft. high. Tn Italy 

 at Monza, C. 0. mon6gyna, 24 years plajited, and 15 ft. high ; and the species of the same age, 14 ft! 

 high.- 



Cojumercial Statistics. Plants, in the neighbourhood of London, cost as 

 follows : — One year's seedlings, from 2;?. Gd. to 3.?. per 1000 ; two years' 

 seedlings, from 5^. to Gs. per 1000; transplanted plants, from 10.?. to \os. per 

 1000, according to their size. At Bollwyller, transplanted plants are 2 francs 

 per 100. At New York, the Cratae^giis O.Kvacantha 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. Parvifoliae. 



Sect. Char. Leaves small, ovate, serrated or notched, but scarcely lobed. 

 Fruit green, or greenish yellow ; rather large, hard. 



31 25. C. PARViFO^LiA Alt. The small-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 169. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Synonymes. il/espilus axillaris Pers. Syn., 2. p. 37. ; M. tomentbsa Poir. Diet., 4. [). 443. ; M. xan- 



thocarpos Lin. Fit. .9«/jp/.,254. ; M. parvifblia H'ats. Dend. Brit. ; t'rats'gus tomentdsa Lin. Sp. 



682., Trew Ehr., t. 17. ; C. unifibra Du Roi j C. viridis, axillaris, 6etulif61ia, floiida, linearis, Lodd. 



Cat. ; Gooseberry-leaved Thorn. 

 Engravings. Trew Ehr., t. 17. ; Dend Brit., t. 65. ; fig. 557. ; and fig. 614. in p. 867. 



Sj^cc. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval-lanceolate, incisely serrated, pubescent. Flow- 

 ers mostly solitary. Branchlets and calyxes villobc. Stipules bristle-like. 



