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produced trained as standards. All this might be done by any gentleman living in the country 

 ywhatever may be the soil or climate of his estate), who keeps a head gardener, without incurring 

 aOs. of extra expense ; and it would not be easy to point out any other mode, at once so simple and 

 so effectual, for CTeating a botanical and floral interest in verdant scenery. Those who have not 

 paid much attention to this family of low trees, we would recommend to visit the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden in the months of May and September ; and to observe, more particularly in May, 

 the different varieties of C. Oxyacantha, ('. heteroph^lla, C. coccfnea, C. Crus-galli, C. punctata, and 

 C macracantha ; and, in September, C. Arbnia, C. orienfcMis, f. tanacetifMia, C maroccina, C. hcte- 

 rophylla. and C. cordflta : but, indeed, if we were to mention all t!ie species and varieties which we 

 think eminently beautiful, we should be comi>clletl to repeat Mr. Gordon's enumeration. 



A pp. ii. Additional Species of Crataegus . 



Notwithstanding the number of sorU of Crata;'gus already in the country, there appear to be 

 several yet to introduce ; and it is highly probable that there are some European and Asiatic sorts, 

 and many American kinds, as yet undiscovered by botanists. We are informed by a botanist who 

 has lately travelled through a considerable part of the United States and of Canada, that numbers of 

 sorts of Crata-Vus accompanied him almost every where ; and that, from the different appearances they 

 presented in different soils and situations, he was quite j)uzzled to know what to make of them. 

 He made the same remark with respect to the genus f^u.'rcuB. Mr. M'Nab, jun., of the Edinburgh 

 Botanic Garden, has, we understand, brought from America a great number of seeds of the genus 

 rrata>'gus, from which some new sorts may confidently be anticipated. The following names occur 

 in l)e C'a'ndolle's Prodromiis, and in Don's Miller ; some of which, in all i)robability, are mere 

 synonymcs of kinds already in the country ; but others may belong to kinds not yet introduced. 



6 i. Leaves toothed, or nearly entire, never angitlarh/ lobcd. 



C. subspindsa Dec. Prod., 2. p. 626., iVcspilus subspin.'.sa lent., is a native of Chili, with fruit only 

 half the size of a pea, and nearly dry. 



C. prunclla>/d/m Bosc in Dec. I'rotl., ii. p. 627., the Prunella-leaved Thorn, is said to resemble in 

 habTt /'runus spiii^sa ; but its native country and flowers are unknown. {Dim's Mill., 2. p. ."iyS.) 



C lalif Cilia Pers. [Don's Mill., ii. p. 598.) is a native of North America, with oval red fruit ; said 

 to have been introduced in 1^20; but where it is to be found, or of what sort it is a synonyme, we 

 have been unable to ascertain. 



CjUrunsiiVo'iT. (Don's Mill., i'l. p. !i9S.) is a native of Carolina, with entire obovatc pubescent 

 leaves ; spines very long, and blackish ; and fruit of a reddish yellow. 



C. alp'ina Mill. Diet., No. .'3., {Don's Mill., ii. p. .WO.) is said to be a native of Mount Baldo, and 

 other Italian mountains ; and, of course, was in cultivation in Miller's time : but of what sort it is 

 a svnonymc, or whether it is now in the country, is uncertain. 



C Itiica Poir. {Don's Mill., ii. p. 5!t9.) has ovate pubescent leaves,' long and strong spines; and its 

 native country is unknown. From the description, it appears to be diilerent from either the C. Oxya. 

 cintha aiirea or the C. flftva of British gardens. 



C. paticijlnra Pcrs,, iVespilus pauciflora Poir., is a native of Switzerland, about Lausanne, with 

 jolitary flowers; probably a variety of AA'spilus grandiflftra. 



C. unilatcriilis Pers. (Don's Mill., ii. p. t>m.) is a native of Carolina, with the corymbs of flowers^ 

 unilateral. Dried specimens are in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, Esq. 



C. liicida Mill. Diet., No. fi., (Don's Mill., ii. p. .599.) has lanceolate serrated leaves, very long 

 spines, and pale retl flowers. We do not know of any plant now in the country answering to this 

 description. 



^ ii. Leaves variously lobed, or cut. 



C. turhinAla Pursh Don's Mill., ii. p. .^99.) is a native of Carolina and Virginia; and, according 

 to Pursh, allied to C. spathuiata. 



C.pcntneuna Waldst. et Kit. (Don's Mill., ii p. 599.) is a native of Hungary; and, obviously, 

 only a variety of C. Oxyacantha. 



C. kijrtdstyla Fing. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 6f»0.) is monogynous, with a curved style, as the name 

 implies ; and seems only a variety of the common hawthorn. 



C laciniSUa Dec. Prod., ii. p. 629., is a native of Sicily, with pinnatifid leaves, and white' flowers ; 

 said to have been introduced in 1816, and to be allied to C. Azarhlus ; but we know nothing of the 

 plant. „ . , , ,, 



C. licviirdta Dec. Prod., 2. p. 630., .Vcspilus la-vigjtta Poir., is a native of the Vosges. 



C. Poirettxiina. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 630., AA'spilus linearis Poir., has obovate leaves, somewhat lolxxl : 

 its native country is unknown ; but, though it is said to have lieen introduced in 1810, we have not 

 seen the plant. From the leaves being lobed, it is evidently different from the A/cspilus linehris of 

 the .lardin dcs Plantcs, which is a synonyme of C. Crus-gilli .<raliciff)Iia. 



C. pectinitta Bosc {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 630.) is a native of Persia; said to be allied to C. tanaceti. 

 f blia ; and, if so, it cannot be the same as C. Oxyacantha pectinita of Booth. 



C trifolid.ta Bosc, C. iptinquelohnta Bosc, C. odoriiia Bosc, C. obomta Bosc, C.Jlavi'scens Bosc, 

 C.flabellata Bosc, C. lucida lalifblia Boll. Cat., and C. Ihcida midia Boll. Cat., are names to which 

 no descriptions have been attached. 



App. iii. Alphabetical List of Sorts of Qraiacgus in the Arbo- 

 retum of Messrs. Loddiges, as given in their Catalogue^ 1 Gth 

 edition, 1836; "iioith some Additions, talen from the Names 

 placed against Plants in their Nnrscry, but not in the Cata- 

 logue ; refeiTed to the Species and Varieties of Crataegus as 

 given in this Work. 

 The use of this list is to assist persons who have purchased collections of 



CratjE'gus from Messrs. Loddiges, according to the names of the 15th and 



