CHAP. XL! i. ROSA^CEJF.. CRAIVE GUS. 84-1 



25 ft. In Somerset-shiro, at Leigh Court, 14 years planted, 24 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 7 in., 

 and of the head Id i). In Surrey, at Claremont, 4<>ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and of 

 the head 40 ft. ; ('. (>. rosea, 30ft. high, the trunk 14 in., and the head 24ft. in diameter. 



C Oxyacdnt/ia, audits I'tirictics, X or th of London. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 30 years 

 planted, and 20 ft. high; and C. 0. multiplex, of the same age, 23ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, 

 at Temple I IIUIM-, the species 40 years planted, is 25 ft high. In Cambridgeshire, at Wimpole, 25ft. 

 high. In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and of the head 22ft. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Dotldington, C. (). multiplex, 30ft. high, the trunk 19in. diameter, and the 

 diameter of the head 84 ft. In Nottinghamshire, in Clumber Park, the species is 36 ft. high. In Oxford- 

 shire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, C. O. rbsea, 30 years planted, and 35ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, 

 at Golden Grove, the species, 30 years planted, is 20 ft. hign, diameter of trunk 18 in., and of the head 

 30 ft., on limestone ; C. 0. multiplex.SO years planted, and 30ft. high ; C. O. rbsea, 20 years planted, and 

 28 ft. high ; and C. O. a urea, 20 years planted, and 15ft. high. In Radnorshire, at Maeslough Castle, 

 '.'! ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, C. 0. multiplex, 10 years planted, and 18 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 9ft In Staffordshire, at Trentham, C. 0. aurea, 26 

 years planted, and 13ft. high ; at Alton Towers, C. O. rosea, 8 .'years planted, and 13ft. high; at 

 Wrottcsley House, the species, 24 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, and 40 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 40 ft, in clayey loam on clay ; at Great Li- 

 vermere, C. O. rftsea, 35 years planted, and 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of 

 the head 34ft. ; C. 0. multiplex, 35 years planted, and 35ft. high. In Warwickshire, in a field near 

 Rugby, there is a tree of the species, the branches of which are interwoven with one another like a 

 piece of network, and hang down to the ground on every side, covering a space of 40ft. in diameter. 

 and the trunk of which is 5 ft. high, and 2 ft. 2 in. diameter, forming a singular and beautiful object ; 

 at Whitley Abbey, C. 0. prae'cox, 13 years planted, and 10 ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 

 the species, 20 years planted, is 25ft. high ; and C. 0. multiplex, 25 years planted, is 25 ft high. 



C. Oxyacdntha, and its Varieties, in Scotland. At Duddingston, near Edinburgh, is a tree of great 

 age, which, in 1818, was measured by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and found to be, at 3 ft above the 

 root, 9ft. in girt, and 12 ft. in girt a little way above the roots. This-tree was measured for us, in 

 1836, by Mr. Barnet, curator of the Caledonian Horticultural Society's Garden : the total height is 

 43 ft., and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 44 ft. ; the girt, at 3 ft above the root, 

 where it was measured by Sir T. Dick Lauder, is 94 ft., and a little way above the root lOi ft. At 

 Barnton there is an old tree of the species 40 ft. nigh : diameter^of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the 

 ground, 3 ft. 6' in. ; and at 4ft., 4ft 1 in. ; diameter of the head 44ft. At Hopetoun House there 

 is a tree of the species 20 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 10 in. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, 

 it is 26ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft, and of the head 27ft. In Haddingtonshire, 

 at Tyningham, 110 years planted, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft, and cf the head 

 47ft., in light loam on clay; and C. O. multiplex, 73 years planted, is 30ft high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in., and of the head 26ft. At Fountains Hall there is a fine thriving tree, 

 mentioned by Sir T. D. Lauder as having been produced from a hawthorn stake driven into a 

 dead hedge. (Laud. Gilp., 1. p. 196.) In Renfrewshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, C. O. rosea, 

 14 years planted, and 15ft. high ; and C. 0. multiplex, of the same age, 13ft. high. In Angus- 

 shire, at Kinnaird Castle, the species, 120 years planted, is 45 ft. high, the diameter of trunk 35 in., 

 and of the head 40 ft., in sandy loam on clay ; C. 0. rbsea, 40 years 'planted, and 30 ft. high. In 

 Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, the species, 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 35 years planted, and 30 ft. high. 



C. Oxyacdnt/ia, and its Varieties, in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Cypress Grove, 27 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 30ft. At Terenure, C. 0. pra?'cox and C. O. multiplex, 

 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Down, at Bally leady, the species, SO years planted, is 20ft. high. 

 In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Galway, at Cool, 28 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 16 in., and o'f the head 47 ft, in loam on limestone, in Tyrone, at Barons' 

 Court, 28ft. high, with a head 60 ft in diameter. 



C. Oxyacdntfta, and its J'aricties, in Foreign Countries. In France, at the Petit Trianon, near 

 Versailles, 25 ft. high ; at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 48 years planted, and 25 ft. high. In 

 Saxony, at Wdrlitz, 36 years planted, and 25ft. high. In Prussia, in the Pfauen Insel, 36 years 

 planted, and 24 ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 24 years planted, and 

 18ft. high. In Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, C. O. monogyna, 22ft. high. In Italy, 

 at Monza, C. O. montigyna, 24 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; and the species of the same age, 14 ft. 

 high. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the neighbourhood of London, cost as 

 follows : One year's seedlings, from 2s. 6d. to 3*. per 1000 ; two years' 

 seedlings, from 5s. to 6s. per 1000; transplanted plants, from 10s. to 15s. per 

 1000, according to their size. At Bollwy Her, transplanted plants are 2 francs 

 per 100. At New York, the Cratae^gns Oxyacantha is not cultivated as a 

 hedge plant ; but the varieties are propagated in the nurseries, and cost from 

 25 cents to 50 cents each. 







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Sect. Char. Leaves small, ovate, serrated or notched, but scarcely lobed. 

 Fruit green, or greenish yellow ; rather large, hard. 



25. C. PARVIFO V LTA Ait. The small-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 169. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Syiumijmes. Mespilus axillaris Pers. Syn., 2. p. 37. ; A/, tomentbsa Pair. Diet., 4. p. 443. ; M. xan- 



thoc&n> s Ltn M- '*>'///yj/.,'254. ; M. parvifblia Wats. Dend. Brit. ; CYataj'gus tomentoea Lin. S,,. 



682., Trew E/ir., t. 17. ; C. unifibra Du Roi ; C. viridis, axillaris, fietulitolia, florida, linearis, Lodd. 



Cut. ; Gooseberry-leaved Thorn. 

 Engravings. Trcw Ehr., t 17. ; Dend Brit, t. 65. ; fig. 557. ; and fig. 614. in p. 867. 



Spec. C/irn:, iVr. Leaves oval-lanceolate, incisely serrated, pubescent. Flow- 

 ers mostly solitary. Branchlets and calyxes villose. Stipules bristle-like. 



