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or scarlet varieties with single or double flowers. The 

 hawthorns are occasionally grafted on tall stems for speci- 

 men trees, but grown in their natural way they are perhaps 

 still more effective, with foliage and flowers down to the 



gi'ound. The common 

 type is excellent as a 

 hedge plant in fact 

 it is the best plant 

 known for this pur- 

 pose. All the varie- 

 ties thrive best in a 

 sandy loam. 



Scarlet thorn, C. 

 coccinea. This is one 

 of the finest of the 

 American thorns, with 

 numerous large, white, 

 corymbose flowers in 

 May, and clusters of 

 coral-red fruit in win- 

 ter. It grows on high 

 river banks, in thick- 

 ets, and on the out- 

 skirts of rich woods, forming a rounded, bushy tree. 



Black thorn, C. tortientosa. One of the most beautiful 

 flowering trees of the Middle States, with large, downy 

 or woolly leaves, oval or ovate in outline, with a deeply 

 cut edge. The flowers are very large ; in upright cor- 

 ymbs, white, with reddish stamens; followed by large, 

 scarlet fruit. Habit, dwarf and compact, often with 





FIG. 104. NARROW-LEAVED THORN (CRAT/EGUS 

 SPATHULATA). 



