CHAPTER X. 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 



2. With teeth. B. Edge divided. 



THE HAWTHORNS. 



The hawthorns, or white thorns, as they are some- 

 times called, are commonest in the South ; but many 

 varieties may be found in the North, where they 

 can always be distinguished from other trees, at all 

 seasons of the year, by their thorns. 



Washington Thorn. The Wash- 



Cratmgus cordata. m gton thorn 

 Cratcegus phceno- 



pyrum. tree, which 



grows not over 

 30 feet in 

 height, is much 

 esteemed for its 

 Washington Thorn. beautiful flowers and 



bright-red berries. The 

 leaf is a deep, lustrous green in summer, and turns 

 late in the fall a rich orange-red. The flowers ap- 

 pear about the last of May ; they are white, and 



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