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THE HAWTHORN. 



CRAT-EGUS OXYACANTHA. 

 (MotfOGYNA of Withering) 



OF this well known fpecies, called alfb 

 the White-thorn, it is urinecefiary to fay 

 more by way of defcription, than that 

 it is diftinguifhed from the reft by its 

 trifid leaves, and by its flowers having 

 but a Jingle pointal. Its fruit, the haw, 

 is like that of the two former kinds, but 

 fmaller. 



Although the hawthorn is rather a fhrub 

 than a tree, it well deferves notice among 

 our forefters. From the clofenefs of its 

 growth, and its furniture of (harp thorns, it 

 is univerfally preferred for making live 

 fences or quick hedges ; and the pecifnar 

 richnefs of the extend ve profpecls in Eng- 

 land is much owing to the frequency of the 

 enclosures made by this plant, which affords 



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