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After the spring potting, indulge with a little more than 

 greenhouse-heat, by placing them for two or three 

 weeks in a peach-house, or vinery, or a close pit, 

 to have them in full vigour by the middle of May ; 

 because, the earlier in the summer they complete 

 their annual growth, the more time and sun they have 

 to finish their ripening process. About midsummer, or 

 before the beginning of July, their growth is finished, 

 and then turn out of doors, and plunge in sand close to 

 the front wall of a hothouse, where the heat, in the dog 

 days, will often range from 80 to 100, and where little 

 rain can get at them, the spouting which receives the water 

 from the roof passing over their heads. The sand in 

 which they are plunged gets very hot also ; and, by 

 watering it occasionally between the pots, the roots 

 are kept sufficiently moist without any water being given 

 on the soil in the pots. This treatment is more uniform 

 and more natural to them than any mode of pit or 

 greenhouse culture. 



On the first indication of frost remove into shallow, 

 cold pits, where the lights can be drawn off them every 

 mild day till the end of November ; then move them 

 to a dry shelf in the greenhouse ; but they could be 

 wintered in a dry pit from which the frost could be 

 kept. 



During the following spring keep as cool as possible, 

 being among the first set of greenhouse plants to be re- 

 moved into cold pits when plants begin to grow in the 

 spring, and about the last plants to be bedded out at 

 the end of May ; and they make the most brilliant bed 

 for the whole season, flowering for six weeks to two 

 months, according to the situation of the beds. We 



E refer the tall, dark scarlet, or old C. cocci'nea, for beds ; 

 ut there are three or four distinct sorts that do equally 

 well in pots. 



It often happens that plants with only two shoots 

 will produce but one head of bloom, and then the second 

 shoot will be sure to follow the year after, and thus a 

 plant may be made to flower every year. 



If this plant with two shoots offers to flower on both 

 instead of one, and you wish the plant to flower every 

 year, you must forego the pleasure of having both shoots 

 to flower the first season. In that case, as soon as you 

 can perceive the flower-buds in the spring, you must cut 

 down one of the two shoots, and let the other one flower. 

 The lower down the shoot is cut the better. If there is 

 only an inch or two of it left, it is sure to produce three 

 times the number of young shoots that will be necessary 

 to retain. If you select three of the best placed, these 

 will be enough for a plant so young ; therefore, instead 

 of two flower-heads, we have only one of them, and three 

 others coming up to flower next season. As soon as the 

 single truss of flowers begins to fade, about the middle 

 of August, this flowering shoot must be cut down close 

 likewise, and from it succession-shoots will be obtained, 

 so that, in a large, old specimen, there are many flower- 

 ing shoots and succession ones growing on at the same 

 tune ; and, as soon as the plants are done flowering, 

 the shoots which have borne the flowers are cut back- 

 to different lengths, according to the size or shape the 

 plant is intended to be grown. The best cuttings are 

 those taken from the tops of growths which have failed 

 to flower the previous season. 



CRATffi'GO-ME'SPILUS. (Nat. ord. ROSACES.) 

 Interesting as being one of the few known graft- 

 hybrids, the parents being the Medlar and common 

 Hawthorn. Ordinary soil. It originated in a nursery 

 at Metz. 



CRATJE'GO-MESPILUS DARDA'RI (Dardar's). 

 White. 1899. 



CRAT&'GUS. The Hawthorn. ( From kratos, strength ; 

 in reference to the strength and hardness of the wood. 

 Nat. ord. Appleworts [Rosaces]. Linn. iz-Icosandria, 

 2-Di-pentagynia.) 



The family of thorns furnishes a greater number of 

 handsome small trees for ornamental grounds than any 

 other woody family whatever. They are all white- 

 blossomed, except where we have mentioned otherwise ; 

 but they vary in another beauty the colour of their 

 fruit ; and this, as far as we know, we have particularised. 

 Young plants are obtained from seed sown in spring ; 

 and any particular varieties can be budded or grafted 



upon one of the most useful the common whitethorn. 

 Common garden-soil. 



C. acuti'loba (sharp- lobed). 12. May. United States 



and Canada. 1905. 

 ,, alpi'na (alpine). 20. May. Italy. 

 ,, alta'ica (Altaian). Altai Mountains. 

 ambi'gua (doubtful). Russia. 

 ,, ano'mala (anomalous). N. United States, Canada. 



1905. 

 ,, apiifo'lia (parsley-leaved). 15. May. N. Amer. 



1812. 



,, mi'nor (smaller). May. 

 ,, a'prica (open). S.E. United States. 1905. 

 ,, arnoldia'na (Arnoldian). Massachusetts. 1905. 

 ,, Aro'nia (Aronia). 15. May. South Europe. 1810. 



Berries yellow. 



,, grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 15. May. 1846. 

 ,, Azaro'lus (Azarole). 15. May. South Europe. 



1640. Berries red. 



,, berberifo'lia (Barberry-leaved). S. United States. 

 ,, Boynto'ni (Boyn ton's). N. Carolina. 

 ,, Brua'nti (Bruant's). See C. OXVACANTHA SEMPER- 



FLORENS. 



., canade'nsis (Canadian). Canada. 1905. 

 Ca'nbyi (Canby's). S.E. United States. 1905. 

 ,, carpa'tica (Carpathian). 20. May. Carpathian 



Mountains. 

 ,, Carrie'rei (Carriere's). Large, white. Fruit scarlet. 



Garden origin. 1883. 

 ,, champlaine' 'nsis (Champlainan). N. United States 



and Canada. 



,, chlorosa' rca (green-fleshed). Mandshuria. 1880. 

 ,, cocci'nea (scarlet-fruited). 20. May. N. Amer. 1683. 

 ,, coralli'na (coralline). 15. May. France. 

 ,, glandulo'sa (glandulose). 20. May. N. Amer. 



1759. Berries red. 



,, ,, indenta'ta (indented-leaved). See C. ACUTILOBA. 

 ,, ,, macr a' ntha (large-flowered). 20. May. N.Amer. 



1819. Berries yellowish-red. 

 ,, ,, ma'xima (largest). 20. May. N. Amer. 

 ,, ,, mi'nor (smaller-fruited). 20. May. N. Amer. 

 neapolita'na (Neapolitan). May. Naples. 

 ,, ,, subvillo'sa (slightly-hairy). 1832. 

 ,, succnle'nta (succulent-/;wfe^). Germany. 

 ,, colli'na (hill). S. Appalachian foot-hills. 1905. 

 ,, corda' ta (heart-leaved) . 20. May. N.Amer. 1738. 



Berries bright red. 



,, crenula'ta (scollop-edged). 10. May. Nepaul. 1820. 

 ,, Cru's-ga'lli (cockspur). 20. May. N.Amer. 1691. 



Berries dark red. 



,, ,, linea'ris (narrow-teat^). 20. May. N. Amer. 

 ,, ,, na'na (dwarf). See C. CRUS-GALLI PYRACANTHI- 



FOLIA. 

 ,, ,, ovalifo'lia (oval-leaved). 20. May. N. Amer. 



1810. 

 ,, prunifo'lia (plum-leaved). 20. White. May. 



N. Amer. 1818. 

 ,, ,, pyracanthifo'lia (pyracantha-leaved). 20. May. 



N. Amer. 

 ,, salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). See C. CRUS-GALLI 



PYRACANTHIFOLIA. 



,, ,, sple'ndens (shining). 20. May. N. Amer. 



,, cune'ata (wedge-shaped). White. Japan. 



,. densifto'ra (dense-flowered). N. United States and 



Canada. 



,, dippelia'na (Dippelian). Origin unknown. 

 ,, Dougla'sii (Douglas's). 15. May. N. Amer. 1830. 



Berries purple. 



,, dsunga'rica (Songarian). White. Northern Asia. 

 ,, durobrive'nsis (Durobrivan). Western New York. 



1905. 



,, elli'ptica (oval-leaved). See C. FLAVA ELLIPTICA. 

 ,, fecu'nda (fruitful). Missouri. 1905. 

 ,, fi'ssa (cleit-leaved) . See C. MONOGYNA LACINIATA. 

 flabella'ta (ian-leaved). See C. ORIENTALIS. 

 ,, fla'va (yello-w-pear-berried). 20. May. N. Amer. 



1724. 



,, ,, elli'ptica (elliptic). 20. May. N. Amer. 1765. 

 ,, loba'ta (lobed). 15. June. 

 ,, florenti'na (Florentine). See PYRUS CRAT.SGIFOLIA. 

 ,, glandulo'sa (glandular). 20. White. May. N. 



Amer. 1810. 

 ,, grignonie'nsis (Grignonian). Fruit lemon-yellow, 



tinted red. 1890. 



