172 jyotices of new and beautiful Plants 



yellow solitary sessile fruit, to which a small number of leafy bracts ad- 

 here irregularly, and also by its regularly pinnatified leaves, the fine 

 toothings of which are tipped with a gland." The berries are very 

 large and showy. It is a native of Greece. (Bot. Reg., Aug.) 



odorali=sim.i Bot. Re^. C. oiient^lis Bieberst. Sweetest scented IJawtliorii. But. Re?. 1?85. 



Another very beautiful species of Cratse^gus, with very fragrant flow- 

 ers, and numerous clusters of red fruit. The habit of the plant is to 

 form a dense round head, rather stift' than otherwise. It is a native of 

 the Crimea, and is a very showy species. {Bot. Reg., Aug.) 



spathiila'a Mich, syn : C. vir;;iiiica Loddiges C. viridis Hort. i^pMlmln-leaicd Thorn. A 

 hardy shruli, growing four or live feet liijih . Bot. Rei;., 18J9. 



"There can be no doubt," Dr. Lindley states, "that this is the real C. 

 spathulata of Michaux, al)0ut which so little is known, that it is alto- 

 gether omitted from the Floras of Torrey, Hooker and Beck, is intro- 

 duced by name into Elliott's work on South Carolina, without that au- 

 thor's being acquainted with the plant, was missed by Wildenow, and was 

 unknown to De Candolle." Like many more of the indigenous species, 

 though perhaps mentioned in the works of the above botanists, they are 

 altogether as much unknown to amateurs and nurserymen as if they were 

 natives of a foreign clime. Indeed, the only one which is cultivated to 

 any extent is the old English hawthorn, the C Oxyacantha, a native 

 of Britain. We sincerely hope that in future they will attract more 

 attention: it does not certainly speak much for the taste of our cultiva- 

 tors to see a trihe of plants, so valued in England, entirely neglected, 

 and, in fact, unknown in their native country. One great object of our 

 noticing these, is to impress upon lovers of line shrubs the value of our 

 indigenous species of hawthorns. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



Ar(iaia Dec. syu : Jl/espilus Ar6nia JViUd. TheAronia Thorn. Grows to a large size, and 

 is, next to C. maroccdiia and lu-terophylla, tlie most like timber of all the thorns ; a native 

 of t}i« Levant. Bot. Rf^., 1697. 



This is a very showy species in its fruit. Its growth is rapid, forming 

 a handsome head, " and on account of the great quantity of apricot- 

 colored fruit with which it is loaded, is a suitable ornament for lawns 

 and grass in jileasure grounds." {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



me.xicana Dff. Mexican Hawthorn. A liardy (?) small tree, with large white flowers; 

 a native of Mexico ; propaj!ated readily by grafting upon the common hawthorn. Bot. 

 Reg., 1910. 



A very beautiful species, though there is some doubt whether it will 

 prove hardy in our severe climate. " The flowers are almost as large 

 as those of some kinds of pear, and appearing, as they do, in abun- 

 dance, from the rich green bosom of the leaves, produce a striking ef- 

 fect." The fruit is in some estimation among the Mexicans. Budded 

 upon the common hawthorn, it makes shoots from five to seven feet 

 long the first season. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



glandul6'a var. macrantha, syn : C clandn'65a Dec. and C. macrintha Loddigcs Long- 



s[nned clandular Hawthorn. Bot. Reg., 19l'J. 

 " I entertain no doiilit of its being a mere variety of C. glandulcisa, possibly of hybrid ex- 

 traction, between that species and C, Ciiis-fdlli." — l.indley.\ 



" A fine vigorous American thorn, forming a tree with a spreading 

 head, and having fine dark green leaves, amongst which are intermixed 

 stout curved spires of unusual length. It flowers in May, and produces 

 an abundance of its deep vermilion red haws in the autumn." This 

 variety is not noticed by any writers u|)on the wild trees of our country, 

 and isprobably of garden origin. {Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



iiO'SA 

 binica l.indl. syn : /?. trifolidta Bosc R. terndta Poiret R. cherok^ensis Donn B. riveo 

 Dec. R. hystrlx Lindl. monogr. t 17. R. la;vi^ata Mich. 'fhree-Zcaicd China Rose. A 

 Bpecies requiring a green-house ; growth delicate ; flowers pure white ; a native of China. 

 Bot. Reg.. 22. 



