CHAP. XLII. 



J?OSaVe.E. CRATiE'GUS. 



845 



of these plants flowered for the 

 first time in 1836, and from it 

 our figures were taken. As the 

 foliage and habit of this species 

 seem diiferent from those of the 

 genus (VatJe^gus, when it pro- 

 duces fruit a new generic name 

 will, probably, be assigned to 

 it. In the mean time, C. glauca 

 is a most desirable evergreen for 

 training against a wall, in climates 

 colder than that of London ; and 

 for forming dwarfs or standards, 

 in similar, or warmer, climates. It 

 forms a very suitable associate for 

 Photinia serrulata and P. rtrbuti- 

 folia ; and all of these plants suc- 

 ceed perfectly, when grafted on the common hawthorn. 



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App. i. Synopsis of the SjJccies of Cratcc"gus gravhig, hi 183G, 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden. By Mr. Gordon. 



The authorities after the names are, in most cases, those of the nurserymen, or other persons, 

 from whom the plants were received by the Society. 



§ I. MiCROCA'RPiE (or those with small fruit, resembling C. raicrocarpa). 



See p. 825. 



Leaves lobed, or angulated, and shining. Spines middle-sized. Fruit very small, red, and remark- 

 ably late. 



1. C. microcarpa Dr. lAndtey {Bot. l{eg.)_fig. 591. 

 in p. 8til., and the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. spathuU\ta Loddigcs (Hackney Nur- 

 sery). 

 florida Godefroy (Ville d'Avry Nur- 

 sery, near Paris). 

 Habit of the plant spreading and pendu- 

 lous. One of the latest in coming into leaf, 

 flower, and fruit. 



C. cordata Lodd., Jig. 590. in p. 861., and the 

 plate in \'ol. II. 

 syn. acerifblia Fischer (Bot. Card., Peters- 

 burg). 

 populit'Mia Fischer. 

 phasnfipyrum of Linn, in foreign col- 

 lections. 

 Habit erect. Leaves angulated, and the 

 latest of all in flowering. 



§ ii. Oxyaca'nth.e (or those resembling the common Hawthorn). See p. 829. 



9. C. Oxyacantha fl;iva Lindley,fig. 610. in p. S66. 

 Habit dwarf and spreading. Fruit yellow, 

 remarkably sweet, and containing 3 or 4 

 seeds. 

 C. Oxyacantha, fig. 602. in p. 865., and the 10. C. Oxyacantha flore pleno. 



Division I. Leaves laciniate. Spines small. Fruit 

 middle-sized, and mostly containing but one 

 seed. 



plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. Oxyacantha vulgaris Smith (Ayr Nur- 

 sery). 

 Habit rather spreading. 



4. C. Oxyacantha flexu5sa Smith. 



Habit spreading, and branches very much 

 twisted. Very distinct. 



5. C. Oxyacantha prjeVox Mr. G. Lindtey (Nor. 



wich). 

 syn. Glastonbury Thorn Ronalds (Brentford 



Nursery). 

 Only differing from the common sort in its 



early habit 



6. C. Oxyacantha eriocarpa Dr. Lindley,fig. 607. 



in p. 865., and the plate in Vol. II. 

 Habit spreading, and very robust Fruit 

 red. One of the latest in leafing. 

 T. C. Oxyacantha capit&ta Stnith. 



Habit erect, and only differing from the 

 common in flowering more at the extre- 

 mity of the branches. 

 8. C. Oxyacantha monOgyna Dr. Lindlcy. 

 syn. eriocarpa monogyna Godefroy. 



Oxyac&ntha sibirica Lee (Hammer- 

 smith Nursery), 

 sibirica Loddigcs. 

 Habit spreading and dwarf. Fruit red. 

 One of the earliest in leaf. 



syn. Oxyacantha fl6re plfeno rObro floranW*. 

 oxyacanthoides fibre \>\\:no Sweet Cat., 

 fig. 609. in p. 866. 



Habit more compact than that of the com. 

 mon Oxyacantha ; and the leaves more 

 shining, and rounder. It is called C. 0. 

 fl. pi. riibro by some ; because the flowers, 

 more especially on loamy soils, die off of 

 a reddish colour ; but the only kind with 

 a double red flower is noticed under 19. 



11. C. Oxyac&ntha liicida Smith. 



syn. oxyacanthoides lucida Sweet. 

 Habit rather spreading, and, probably, the 

 single var. of the preceding. 



12. C. Oxyacantha varieg^ta 3/«ito-s ^Canterbury 



Nursery). 

 Only differing from the common in the 

 beautiful variegated leaves. 



13. C. OxyacAntha transylvanica Booth (Ham- 



burg Nursery.) 

 syn. Oxyacantha guercif&lia Booth, fig. 608. 



in p. 866. 

 Habit rather erect Fruit red, and rather 



robust. 



14. C. Oxyacantha lacini^ta Lodd., fig. 608. in 



p. 866., andjthe plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. laciniataife. 



pterif&lia Booth, fig 604. in p. 865. 



