TREES AND SHRUBS 



or more, thin, dark shining green above, pale below, lJ-2 ins. long, 1-1^ in. 

 wide ; petioles .] -li in. long, terete. Autumn tints bright scarlet and orange. 



A deciduous tree, 10-30 ft.; or hu^hy shnib ; Branches slender; branchlets 

 glabrous, grey, or red-brown ; spines l|-2 ins. long ; Wood hard, reddish-brown. 



Introduced from U.S.A., 1738. 



COCKSPUR THORN, Cratxegns Crus-galU. 



Parks, gardens, lawns. May, June. Given sufficient space, as on a lawn, 

 this forms a shapely tree with wide spreading branches, well armed with 

 sharp spines, and clothed with shining foliage. The autunm tints are brilliant, 

 and the large red fruits hang on the branches throughout the winter without 

 diminution of brightness. 



Flowers white, tinged with red, in a many-flowered glabrous corymb ; 

 pedicels slender ; Calyx-tube glabrous, lobes linear-lanceolate, entire or glan- 

 dular serrate; Stamens 10, anthers rose; Styles usually 2, tufts of pale hairs 

 at base. Fruit a pome, oblong to sub-globose, | in. long, deep red, flesh dry 

 and mealy ; nutlets usually 2 ; ripe in October, persistent through winter. 



Leaves alternate, obovate, cuneate and entire at base, acute or rounded 

 at apex, serrate, usually glandular teeth, thick, coriaceous, glabrous, dark 

 shining green above, pale below, 1-4 ins. long, ^-1 in. wide, nearly sessile. 

 Autumn tints bright orange, scarlet, red and bronze. 



A deciduous tree, 10-30 ft. ; Branches stout, spreading, rigid ; branchlets 

 light grey or brown ; spines sharp, 3-4 ins. long, on trunks and large 

 branches 8 ins., with lateral spines; JFood hard, satiny, reddish-brown. 



Introduced from N. America, 1691. Also called Newcastle Thorn. There 

 are several varieties in cultivation. 



DOUGLAS'S THORN, Cratccgus Douglasii. 



Parks, gardens. May. 



Flowers white J-^ in. diam., in a broad many-flowered corymb, glabrous; 



Calyx-tube glabrous, lobes acute or acuminate, glandular serrate, hairy on inner 



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