WASHINGTON THORN (Crataegus cordata, Ait.). 25 to 40 

 feet. Vigorous, regular tree with compact head and straight 

 trunk. Thorns numerous, slender, sharp, 1^ to 2 inches long. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, coarsely saw-toothed, sharply lobed like 

 a grape or maple, thin, shining, turning dark red in autumn. 

 Length 1 to 3 inches. Flowers in May, many in a corymb, 

 small, stamens 20, anthers red. Fruit in September, in hang- 

 ing clusters, persistent, scarlet, small, flattened. Dist.: Vir- 

 ginia to Alabama; north to Illinois. Fine hedge and park 

 tree. 



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