ROSE FAMILY 



Fruit. Drupe-like pome with bony stones, ovoid, rarely globular, 

 dull red, one-half inch long, crowned with calyx lobes, erect ; flesh 

 thin and dry. Ripens in September and October and remains on 

 branches all winter. Nutlets rounded, obscurely two-grooved on the 

 back. 



This Hawthorn is not very common in the northern states, 

 is found most abundantly in central New York. It prefers 

 rich alluvial soil and is found on the margin of forests. Its 

 brilliant autumn foliage and its red winter berries recommend 

 it as an ornamental plant. It comes into flower somewhat 

 later than the others. 



DOTTED HAW 



Crat<2gus punctctta. 



A thick wide spreading tree, forming a broad, round or flat-topped 

 head. Branches slender, rigid, armed with straight, sharp, light 

 brown spines, two to three inches long, sometimes unarmed. 

 Roots fibrous. Ranges from Quebec to Ontario and southward to 

 middle Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia and Ala- 

 bama. Prefers rich moist soil, will grow in upland pastures where 

 it forms thickets. 



Bark. Dark, reddish brown, broken into long scales. Branch- 

 lets at first downy, later they become light brown ; in second year 

 are ashy gray, silvery white, or light brown. 



Wood. Bright reddish brown ; heavy, hard, close-grained. Sp. 

 gr., 0.7681 ; weight of cu. ft., 47.87 Ibs, 



Winter Buds. Pale brown, shining, obtuse. 



Leaves. Alternate, simple, wedge-obovate, two to three inches 

 long, base wedge-shaped, tapering from above the middle of the 

 leaf into long winged petioles, sharply and unevenly serrate above 

 the middle, sometimes incisely cut, often entire below, apex acute or 

 rounded. Feather-veined, midrib and primary veins depressed 

 above, prominent beneath. They come out of the bud condupli- 

 ca-te, when full grown are thick and firm, pale gray green, smooth 

 above, paler and hairy beneath. In autumn they turn bright orange 

 or orange and scarlet. Petioles grooved, winged. Stipules lanceo- 

 late, glandular, serrated, acute, and early deciduous. 



Flowers. May, June, after the leaves. Perfect, white, one-half 

 to three-quarters of an inch across, borne in broad, thick-branched 

 downy or tomentous corymbs. Pedicels are stout and hairy. 



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