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4. C. FLAVA, Aiton. Leaves obovate. 

 Wedge-shaped, angular, smooth and shin 

 ing. Petioles, stipules, and the segments of 

 the calyx glandular. Berries pear-shaped, 

 yellowish, 4-seeded, branches thorny. Thorns 

 often with small leaves on them. Yellow- 

 fruited hawthorn. Pear-fruited hawthorn. 

 Native of the Northern States. Flowers in 

 May. 



A strong-growing, very desirable species ; 

 but as yet scarce in cultivation. It is grow 

 ing in the garden of John Evans. 



5. C. OXYACANTHA, Linnceus. Leaves 

 mostly trifid, blunt, a little wedge-shaped, 

 serrate, rather smooth and shining. Petioles 

 and calyx without glands. Styles 1-3. Fruit 

 ovoid. English hawthorn. Flowers in May. 



In England, this is in the smallest garden, 

 so much is it valued for the earliness and 

 fragrance of its flowers. They make very 

 beautiful objects, pruned up to a single stem, 

 as single specimen small trees, in parks and 

 similar places, there ; here, they do not seem 

 so well adapted as some of our own species, 

 being of a very luxuriant straggling growth, 

 throwing out few side shoots. There are 



