CRAT.tGUS. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



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C. formosa is a tall branching shrub of 12 to 

 15 ft., with a spreading head. The large 

 showy flowers come into bloom about the last 

 week in May, and the glaucous fruits ripen in 

 October. The foliage is of a distinct yellow- 

 ish-green. 



C. Holmesiana, a tree 30 ft. in height, with 

 upright branches and a broad compact head. 

 The cup-shaped flowers, with purple-red 

 anthers, open about the middle of May. The 

 bright crimson lustrous fruits ripen and fall 

 early in September. The leaves are yellowish- 

 green in colour, with prominent lobes and 

 long sharp teeth. 



C. Laneyi, a tall shrub with slender, spread- 

 ing branches, rare even in its own country. 



May, and the dull-red fruits occasionally 

 marked with yellowish freckles ripen about 

 the end of August and fall about three weeks 

 later, This Hawthorn is readily distinguished 

 by its drooping leaves of convex form, this 

 being due to the infolding of the sides towards 

 the mid-rib. 



C. spissi flora. A shrub or low tree in which 

 the flowers, with ten stamens and purple-red 

 anthers, are borne in dense short clusters, and 

 come into beauty just after the middle of May. 

 The bright scarlet almost pear-shaped fruits 

 are borne in dense clusters, which begin to 

 colour in August, but are not fully ripe till the 

 middle of September. The foliage is ample 

 and the fruit remarkably handsome when ripe. 



Crataegus Ellwangeriana. 



The large flowers on stems covered with 

 shaggy hairs, come into bloom during the first 

 week of June, and the orange-red fruits ripen 

 in October. 



C. pedicillata bears flowers with rose- 

 coloured anthers, which expand about 24th 

 May. The bright scarlet fruits ripen early in 

 September and fall about the middle of the 

 month. The leaves are broadly-oval and 

 rich dark green in colour. Prof. Sargent re- 

 gards this as "one of the largest and most 

 beautiful thorn-trees of the northern United 

 States." 



C. Pringlei forms a dense oval head, branch- 

 ing from near the ground and reaching a 

 heighUof 20 to 30 ft. The white flowers with 

 reddish anthers open about the middle of 



CRINUM. With the renewed atten- 

 tion given to these plants of late years 

 our choice of hardy and fairly hardy 

 kinds has increased, and the following 

 may be added to those described on 

 page 515: 



C. Powellii. The best of hardy 

 crinums, raised as a cross between C. 

 Mooreanum and C. Capense. It bears 

 smaller flowers than Mooreanum, but is 

 hardier, and with a little care in severe 

 winters will grow well in almost any part 

 of Britain. It makes a large club-shaped 

 bulb 2 to 3 ft. long, with spreading 

 leaves many feet in length and massive 

 spikes of fragrant flowers during August. 

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