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are to be found on it about the time when the nightingale is in full song. The 

 same property of attracting nightingales is ascribed to the common hawthorn, 

 in La Theorie du Jardinage, #c., published in 1709. 



10. C. PURPU'REA Bosc. The purple-branched Thorn. 



Identification. Bosc ined. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 599. 

 Synonyme. C. sanguinea Hort. 



Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 60. ; our Jig. 695. in p. 392. ; the plate of this species in Arb. 

 Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our Jig. 647. 



647. C purpurea. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches dark purple. Leaves ovate, cuneate at the base, 

 lobed with broad lobes, serrated, glabrous, or pubescent beneath. Stipules 

 somewhat circular, serrated with glanded serratures. {Dec. Prod.) A 

 shrub or low tree. Altaic Mountains. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced 

 in 1822. Flowers white; early in April ; being the very first species of Cra- 

 t<E N gus that comes into flower in the neighbourhood of London, excepting 

 always the Glastonbury thorn. Fruit dark red or purple, sometimes yellow, 

 very succulent ; ripe in July. 



Variety. 



*f C. p. 2 altdica ; C. altaica Led., Lod. Cat. (fig. 696. in p. 393.) ; has the 

 leaves somewhat larger than the species, and they appear a little 

 earlier. 



It forms an upright, rigid, rather slow-growing tree, without thorns. It has 

 a few small branches, and is not densely clothed with leaves. It has a starved 

 and somewhat stunted appearance, and is readily known by the purple colour 

 of its young shoots. The bark of the old wood is of a dark purple or brown 

 colour, and rough and scaly. The fruit is small, round, and most commonly of 

 a dark purple ; but it varies to pale yellow, or a milk white, and red, on the 

 same plant. It ripens about the end of July, and is very soft and juicy, but 

 soon drops off. The tree is interesting from its early flowering, and the dark 

 colour of the anthers of its flowers, which contrasts strongly with the white- 

 ness of the petals. The leaves are also large, and of a peculiar shape. 



vi. Dougldsii. 



Sect. Char. Leaves small, and not lobed as in the preceding section ; furnished 

 with numerous parallel nerves, somewhat like those of C. punctata. Spines 



