io8 Rose ( Rosacece) 



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Fruit, about one third inch in diameter, pear-shape or 

 round, red, remaining during the winter. 



Found, along the St. Lawrence and westward, and from 

 Vermont southward and westward ; not common. 



A thick-branching shrub (or small tree) ten to twenty 

 feet high. It is the best species of thorn for hedges. 



Fig. 45. Dwarf Thorn. C. uniflbra, Munch. C. parvifblia, Ait. 



Flowers, solitary, or two or three together, appearing 

 with the leaves. Sepals, downy, with edges slashed 

 or toothed, as long as the petals. Styles, five. 

 Flower-stems, very short, downy. April, May. 



Leaves, thick, downy when young, becoming smooth and 

 shining above, one half to one and one half inches 

 long, nearly stemless. Branchlets, downy. Thorns, 

 straight and slender. 



Fruit, round or pear-shape, yellowish, about one half 

 inch in diameter ; edible. 



Found, in sandy soil, New Jersey and southward. 

 A scraggy shrub, three to six feet high. 



The English Hawthorn (C. oxyacdntha, L.) is often 

 found in cultivation ; rarely naturalized and growing wild. 



(8) Genus AMELANCHIER, Medik. (June-berry.) 



Fig. 46. June-berry. Shad-bush. May Cherry. Service Tree. 



A. Canade'nsis (L.), Medik. 



Flowers, large, white, in long, loose clusters at the ends 

 of the branchlets, appearing before the leaves. 

 Petals, lengthened. Sepals, downy within. Stamens, 

 numerous, and short. Styles, five, united below. 



