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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



I" C. C. 4 salicifolia Dec. Prod., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 170. C. ralicifolia. 

 (Jig. 691. in p. 391. ; and the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; 

 and our Jig. 643.) Leaves oblong, with the upper part lanceolate ; 



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643. C. C.-g. salicifolia. 



the lower part tending to wedge-shaped. This forms a low fiut- 

 headed tree, like the preceding varifety. A plant in Messrs. Lotl- 

 diges's arboretum, in 1835, after being five years grafted at a foot 

 from the ground, was not quite 5 ft. high. The miniature trees of 

 this variety are admirably adapted for chddren's gardens. 

 1 C. C. 5 linearis Dec. Prod, ii/espilus linearis Desf. Arb. ii. p. 156., 

 Poir. Sitppl. iv. p. 70. ; C. linearis Lodd. Cat. (fig. 690. in p. 391.) 



Leaves linear-lanceolate. Spines, or thorns, few and shortish. 

 Styles 1 2. Fruit of a yellowish red. 



C. C. 6 nana Dec. Prod, ilfespilus nana Dum. Cours. Suppl. p. 386. 



Branchlets tomentose in some degree. Leaves oval-lanceolate ; 

 the under surface paler than the upper. A shrub, or, when traineil 

 to a single stem, a miniature tree. 



This species, being one of the first introduced into England, has been more 

 cultivated than any other American thorn ; and on the whole it is one of the 

 most splendid in appearance, from its smooth, shining, dark green foliage, and 

 the great abundance of its fine white flowers, and dark red fruit which remains 

 long on the tree. In the South of England, antl in the climate of London, in 

 warm sheltered situations, where the soil is rich and moist, it retains its leaves 

 and fruit through great part of the winter, so as to appear quite evergreen. 



f 7. C. (C.) ovalifo'lia Horn. The oval-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl., .52. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Sj/nunyme. C. elllDtica Lodd. Cat. ; C. Crus-giUi ovalifMia Jlot. Reg. t. 1860. 

 Engravings. Bot." Ueg., t. 1860. ; our fig. G92. in p. 391. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Bnt. 

 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 044. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oval, serrated, a little pilose on both surfiices, and 

 shining on the upper one. Stipules half-heart-shaped, incisely serrated, 

 with glanded serratnres. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree. North America. Height 

 15 it. to 20ft. Introd. in 1810. Flowers white. A very distinct variety of 

 C. Criis-galli, with a loose spreading habit of growth, and broad leaves. 



