144 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Cratsegus Azarolus, Linn. 



Welsh Medlar. South-Eastern Europe and South-Western Asia. 

 Hardy still in Christiania, Norway [Schuebeler]. The pleasantly 

 acidulous fruits can be used for preserves. 



atsegus coccinea, LinniS. 



Eastern North- America, there called White Thorn. A valuable 

 hedge-plant ; also very handsome. Spines strong. It braves the 

 winters of Norway as far north as lat. 67 56' [Schuebeler]. 



Cratsegus cordata, Solander and Alton. 



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

 for hedges. 



Cratsegus crus galli, Linn. 



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

 A shrub, hardy in England. The fruit is of about 1 inch size and 

 edible. 



Cratsegus oxyacantha, Linn. 



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 

 engravers. The flowers are much frequented by bees for honey. 

 C. monogyna (Jacquin) is a variety. 



Cratsegus parvifolia, Solander and Aiton. 



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

 sharp and numerous. 



Cratsegus pyracantha, Medicus. 



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. The allied C. crenulata (Roxburgh), the 

 Himalayan White Thorn, is a large spinescent shrub, ascending there 

 to an elevation of 8,000 feet. 



