OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 107 



deep rich loam. May be propagated from 

 seeds, layers, or by budding on each other. 

 The seeds very seldom come up the first 

 year. They make finer trees for ornamental 

 purposes by this than by any other mode. 

 For fencing, they are sometimes raised by 

 cuttings of the roots. 



2. C. COCCINEA, Linnceus. Leaves cordate 

 ovate, with sharply cut angles, thin and 

 smooth, on long glandular petioles. Styles 

 mostly 5. Fruit large, roundish, bright red. 

 Scarlet-fruited thorn. American haw 

 thorn. 



A very desirable kind, on account of its 

 fine foliage and large fruit. 



3. C. CRUS-GALLI, Linnaeus. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, shining, leathery, ovate wedge-shaped, 

 serrate. Segments of the smooth calyx lance 

 olate. Flowers mostly two-styled. Cock- 

 spur hawthorn. Flowers in May. Native of 

 North America. 



The enormous spines, frequently three or 

 four inches long, give this tree its chief pecu 

 liarity. The branches spread more horizon 

 tally than in some of the others, and are 

 generally of a shining, greenish red. 



