The Hawthorns 



fruit in late September. There was a cockspur on one side, an 

 Arnoldiana on the other. Both were bidding high for attention, 

 one with its crimson fruits, the other with its splendid foliage and 

 flashing thorns. A flush of rose pink covered the middle tree, 

 the fruits turning to red. There was more delicacy of colouring 

 and moderation here, which made the two trees alongside seem 

 rather common and gaudy by contrast. Sometimes soft colours 

 appeal strongly as a relief from more vivid ones. Out of this 

 period the tree passes to its flaming October garb, in the midst 

 of which the shining fruits are a dark crimson, and even the twigs 

 and spines burn red or purple. 



X. CocciNE^ 



/Scarlet Haw (C coccinea, Linn.) A shrubby round tree, 

 I o to 20 feet high, with short trunk, and stout, ascending branches. 

 Thorns stout, shining, i to i^ inches long, brown. Bark dark 

 red-brown, scaly; branches grey. Leaves elliptical or obovate, 

 acute at both ends, serrate and acutely lobed on sides; 2\ to 3 

 inches long; veins prominent; petioles i inch long, tinged with red. 

 Flowers, May or June, in broad corymbs with downy stems; 

 corollas ^ to f inch across; stamens 10, anthers small, yellow. 

 Fruit, October, falling soon; sub-globose to oblong, \ inch in 

 diameter, deep crimson, with dark dots; calyx red, spreading; 

 flesh sweet, dry, thin; nutlets 3 to 4, distinctly ridged on back. 

 Preferred Habitat, well-drained soil, along low hills and banks of 

 salt marshes. Distribution, Newfoundland to Connecticut, along 

 the shore, and along St. Lawrence to western Quebec. Var. 

 rotundijolia, a shrub. New England into Pennsylvania. 



This scarlet thorn, the one that Linnaeus named, has very 

 uncertain botanical and geographical limits. Those forms found 

 west of Quebec are now excluded, and many that were counted 

 mere varietal forms are now promoted to specific rank. These 

 changes in classification are the result of recent studies of the 

 genus in various regions. The true coccinea is one of the old 

 well-known ornamental thorns, a favourite in the Northeastern 

 States. 



XL Intricat/e 



Haw (C. Boyntoni, Beadl.) Narrow or round-headed tree, 

 15 to 20 feet high, with tall, straight trunk, often a many-stemmed 



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