Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



One instantly knows the cockspur thorn by its pecul- 

 iar leaf — polished and thick, rounded at top and with 

 a long-tapering base ; none other is more deluged in 

 bloom, but the black and scarlet perhaps show a greater 

 profusion of fruit. The cockspur is the one most used 

 for hedges, though now being displaced by the thorny 

 osage orange. In planting thorns it is well to choose a 

 variety, as they differ in their flowering periods, the 

 cockspur being the latest, as the scarlet is about the 

 earliest. 



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