CHAPTER X. 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 



2. With teeth. B. Edge divided 



THE HAWTHORNS. 



The hawthorns, or white thorns, as they are some- 

 times called, are commonest in the South ; but many 

 varieties may be found in the North, where they 

 can always be distinguished from other trees, at all 

 seasons of the year, by their thorns. 



Washington Thorn. The Wash- 

 Cratiigui cordata. m gt n thorn 



is a tree which 



grows not over 



30 feet in 



height, greatly 



esteemed for its 



Washington Thorn. 



beautiful flowers and 

 bright-red berries. The 

 leaf is a deep, lustrous green in summer, and turns 

 late in the fall a rich orange-red. The flowers ap- 

 pear about the last of May ; they are white, and 



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