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North "Wilts and south of Cirencester, we were 

 induced to examine this tree more closely ; and the 

 result of the inquiry was to induce a belief that 

 this is a much hardier, quicker, and more certain 

 growing plant for hedge-rows than the commoner 

 form. 



With these views established in our mind, we were 

 not a little pleased to find that in the beautiful new 

 edition of "English Botany," by the accomplished 

 editor, J. T. Syme, Esq., E.L.S., &c, figures and 

 descriptions are given of the two forms ; and we 

 here reproduce in opposite columns the descriptions 

 referred to with a figure of the early form we have 

 mentioned, that our readers may compare it with the 

 common whitethorn :— 



Crataegus oxyacantha. 



y -"> N 



Cratcegus oxyacanthoides (Gla- Crataegus monogyna (Common 

 brous Whitethorn). Whitethorn). 



Plate cccclxxix. (E.B.) Plate cccclxxx. (E.B.) 



Leaves obovate or rhomboid- Leaves rhomboidal or rhom- 



obovate, with 3 to 5 lobes, mar- boidal-ovate, with 3 to 5 lobes, 



gins slightly convex from the margins straight or concave from 



base to the apex of the first lobe, the base to the apex of the first 



usually serrated ; lobes scarcely lobe, usually entire, except at the 



longer than broad, generally tips of the lobes ; lobes longer 



rounded. Peduncles commonly than broad, and acute at the 



glabrous. Calyx-tube glabrous; apex. Peduncles generally downy, 



segments glabrous, ovate- deltoid, Calyx-tube more or less downy ; 



acuminate, spreading - reflexed, segments slightly downy, ovate- 



with recurved points. Styles triangular, acuminate, suddenly 



usually 2 or 3. Pruit with 2 or reflexed. Style 1. Pruit with 



3 stones. 1 stone. (See plate.) 



That the glabrous whitethorn would make the best 

 hedge-row form we have no doubt, as its free growth 



