ROSACEA 



The various species of Cratcegus, popularly known as Thorns, are pro- 

 pagated by grafting on the Hawthorn in INIarch, or budding in July ; seeds 

 (berries) are stored in sand for a year before sowing, being then put in the 

 open garden in November, transplanting largest seedlings in the following 

 October, and the remanider the next year. 



Flowers white, ^— | in. diam. ; in a many-flowered loose corymb; pedicels 

 slender ; villose or tomentose ; Calyx-tube hairy, lobes acute, glandular serrate ; 

 Petals orbicular ; Stamens 10, anthers pale yellow ; Ovary inserted at bottom 

 of calyx-tube ; styles 3-4 ; Fruit a pome, sub-globose, 1 in. diam. ; scarlet, 

 dark dots, calyx enlarged, lobes bright red ; flesh yellow, dry ; nutlets 3-4. 



Leaves alternate, elliptical or obovate, acute or acuminate, cuneate and 

 entire at base, finely serrate and glandular above, several acute lateral lobes, 

 coriaceous, dark green, smooth and lustrous upper surface, paler below, 11-2 

 ins. long, 1-l.V in. wide; petioles glandular. Autumn tints yellow and 

 yellowish-scarlet . 



A deciduous bushy-headed tree, 20-30 ft. ; Branches stout, ascending ; 

 branchlets slender, glabrous; spines stout, straight or curved, 1-1 i in. long; 

 Bark red-brown, scaly; Wood hard, reddish-brown. 



Introduced from U.S.A., 1G83. Syn. Mespilus coccinea (iNIarsh). 



WASHINGTON THORN, Cratcvgus cordata. 



Parks, gardens. This, the latest flowering of the Thorns, makes a small 

 tree, rather compact and regular in outline, well clothed with dark shining 

 green leaves, and bearing dense clusters of white blossoms. May, .Tune. 



Flowers white, in a compact many-flowered terminal corymb, glabrous, 

 pedicels slender; Calyx-tube glabrous, lobes short, nearly triangular, ciliate, 

 pubescent inner surface; Stamens 20, anthers rose ; Styles 2-5, tufts of hairs 

 at base ; Fruit a pome, small, depressed globose, scarlet ; calyx deciduous, 

 nutlets 3-5 ; ripe in September or October, persisting through winter. 



Leaves alternate, broadly ovate or triangular, truncate, rounded or cordate 



and entire at base, acute or acuminate at apex, coarsely glandular serrate, 3-lobed 



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