104 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Cratsegns cordata, Alton. 



South-Eastern States of North- America. Also much employed for 

 hedges. 



Cratsegus Cms Galli, Lhm. 



The Cockspur-Thorn. Eastern North- America. Regarded as one 

 of the best species for hedges. Spines long and stout. Hardy to 

 lat. 63 26' (Schuebeler). Fruit edible. 



Cratsegus oxyacantha, Linne. 



The ordinary Hawthorn or White Thorn or Quick. Europe, 

 North- Africa, North- and West- Asia. In Norway it grows to lat. 67 

 56'; Professor Schuebeler found the plant to gain still a height of 20 

 feet in lat. 63 35'. Recorded here as one of the most eligible 

 among deciduous hedge-plants, safe against pastoral animals. The 

 wood is considered one of the best substitutes for boxwood by en- 

 gravers. The flowers are much frequented by bees for honey. C. 

 monogyna (Jacquin) is a variety. 



CratSBgUS Mexicana, Mocino and Sesse. (Mespilus Mexicana, C. Koch.) 



A shrub, hardy in England. The fruit is of about one inch size and 

 edible. 



Cratsegus parvifolia, Aiton. 



Eastern North -America. For dwarf hedges. Spines long, slender, 

 sharp and numerous. 



Cratsegus pyracantha, Persoon. 



The Fire-Thorn. Southern Europe, South- Western Asia. This 

 species is evergreen. It is likewise adapted for hedges, though slower 

 in growth than the Hawthorn, but altogether not difficult to rear. 

 Hardy in Norway to lat. 59 55' (Schuebeler). Referred by Boissier 

 to Cotoneaster. 



Crataegus tomentosa, Linn<$. 



South-Eastern States of North -America. Reaching a height of 20 

 feet. Fruit edible. The list of American Hedge-thorns is probably 

 not yet exhausted by the species mentioned; all afford honey. Two 

 species, C. rivularis (Nuttall) and C. Douglasii (Lindley) occur in 

 California and Oregon. 



Crepis biennis, Linn. 



Europe, Western Asia. Bosc regards this plant as useful for 

 winter-pastures, in cool climes it keeping well green. The flowers 

 afford food for bees. 



Crithmuni maritimuni, Linn. 



The real Samphire. Sea-shores of Western and Southern Europe, 

 North- Africa and the Orient. A perennial herb. Settlers on the 

 coast might readily disseminate and naturalize it. It is held to be one 

 of the best plants for pickles, the young leaves being selected for that 

 purpose. 



