FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



363 



NAME. 



Crataegus hiemalis 



'C. melanocarpa 



COUNTRY OR 



ORIGIN AND 



NATURAL ORDER, 



C. mollis 



C. nigra 



C. orientalis 



C. Oxyacantha 

 (Hawthorn, White 

 Thorn, May) 



Probably a hybrid, 

 but origin un- 

 known 



Caucasus 



United States 



Eastern Europe 



Europe 



C. monogyna (sub- 

 species) 



Widely distrib- 

 ted, Europe, 

 Western Asia, 

 and North 

 Africa 



COLOUR 



AND 

 SEASON. 



White ; 

 Spring 



White ; 

 Spring 



White, 



with a 



small red 



mark at 



the base 



of each 



petal 



White ; 

 May 



White ; 

 May 



White ; 

 May 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



A tree 15 feet to 20 feet high, 

 round shining leaves, and 

 rather large black fruits, 

 which are the first to ripen 

 of the Thorns. 



A very handsome Thorn. It 

 is a small flat-topped tree of 

 medium height, the leaves 

 somewhat like those of the 

 Hawthorn in shape, and 

 covered with a thick grey 

 tomentum ; the fruits are 

 small, black, and shining. 



Like C. coccinea, but even 

 handsomer. It is a small tree, 

 15 feet high, with spreading 

 head, and large firm leaves 

 slightly woolly on the back ; 

 the flowers are large, and 

 succeeded by bright-crimson, 

 medium-sized fruit. 



This makes a fair-sized tree, 

 and has small black fruit. 

 The foliage is very abundant, 

 deeply cut, and woolly on 

 both sides. It almost hides 

 flowers and fruit. 



A handsome Thorn in fruit. 

 It is a small flat-topped tree, 

 and has large clusters of 

 flowers, the oval fruits being 

 yellowish red. Sanguinea is 

 a very showy variety, with 

 deep ruby-red fruits, but the 

 scarlet colour of the type is 

 brighter. 



Too well known to describe. It 

 has been divided into two 

 sub-species, viz. C. mono- 

 gyna, in which there is usually 

 only one style in the flowers 

 and one seed in the fruit, and 

 C. oxyacanthoides, where the 

 number of styles is usually 

 three, and from two to four 

 seeds in the fruit. These 

 differences are generally de- 

 cided. There are other dif- 

 ferences also in growth diffi- 

 cult to explain, but can be 

 detected easily by an experi- 

 enced eye. 



This is the Hawthorn of the 

 hedgerows, and there are 

 many varieties. Twenty- 

 eight are recorded in the 

 Kew Hand-list. The most 

 beautiful are aurea, with 

 golden-yellow haws, crispa 

 pendula, a pretty weeping 

 tree ; Gum peri versicolor, 



