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produced trained as standards. All this might be done by any gentleman living in the country 

 (whatever may be the soil or climate of his estate), who keeps a head gardener, without incurring 

 iiO*. of extra excuse ; and it would not be easy to point out any other mode, at once so simple and 

 so effectual, for creating a botanical and floral interest in verdant scenery. Those who have not 

 paid much attention to this family of low trees, we would recommend to visit the Horticultural .So- 

 ciety's Garden in the months of May and September ; and to observe, more particularly in May, 

 the different varieties of C. Oxyacantha, C. heterophylla, C. cocci nea, C. Crus-galli, C. puncthta, and 

 C. macracantha ; and, in September, C. Arbnia, C. orientals, C. tanacetiftMia, C. maroccana, C. hete- 

 rophylla, and C. cordata : but, indeed, if we were to mention all the species and varieties which we 

 think eminently beautiful, we should be compelled to repeat Mr. Gordon's enumeration. 



App. ii. Additional Species of Crak&gus. 



Notwithstanding the number of sorts of Cratce'gus already in the country, there appear to be 

 several yet to introduce; and it is highly probable that there are some European and Asiatic sorts, 

 and many American kinds, as yet undiscovered by botanists. We are informed by a botanist who 

 has lately travelled through a considerable part of the United States and of Canada, that numbers of 

 sorts of CnttsfgOM accompanied him almost everywhere ; and that, from the different appearances they 

 presented in different soils and situations, he was quite puzzled to know what to make of them". 

 He made the same remark with respect to the genus ^tu'rcus. Mr. M'Xab, jun., of the Edinburgh 

 Botanic Garden, has, we understand, brought from America a great number of seeds of the genus 

 t'ratae'gus, from which some new sorts may confidently he anticipated. The following names occur 

 in De Candolle's Prodromus, and in Don's ,!////</ , - some of which, in all probability, are mere 

 synonymes of kinds already in the country ; but others may belong to kinds not yet introduced. 



$ i. Leaves toothed, or nearly entire, never angularly lobed. 



('. subspinbsa Dec. Prod., 2. p. 626., Mespilus subspinusa Vent., is a native of Chili, with fruit only 

 half the size of a pea, and nearly dry. 



C. prune\\tefdlia Bosc in Dec. Prod., ii. p. 627., the Prunella-!eaved Thorn, is said to resemble in 

 habit Primus spinosa ; but its native country and flowers are unknown. (Dim's Mil/., 2. p. 598.) 



C. Intifblia Pers. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 598.) is a native of North America, with oval red fruit ; said 

 to have been introduced in 1:20; but where it is to be found, or of what sort it is a synonyme, we 

 have been unable to ascertain. 



C.flexuosa Poir. (Dun's Ml//., ii. p. 598.) is a native of Carolina, with entire obovate pubescent 

 leaves; spines very long, and blackish ; and fruit of a reddish yellow. 



C. al/tnia Mill. Diet., No. 3., (Don's Mi/I., ii. p. 599.) is said to be a native of Mount Baldo, and 

 other Italian mountains ; and, of course, was in cultivation in Miller's time : but of what sort it is 

 a synonyme, or whether it is now in the country, is uncertain. 



C. liitea Poir. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 599.) has ovate pubescent leaves, long and strong spines ; and its 

 native country is unknown. From the description, it appears to be different from either the C. Oxya- 

 cantha aurea or the C. flava of British gardens. 



C. paiicijtora Pers., Mespilus pauciflbra Poir., is a native of Switzerland, about Lausanne, with 

 solitary flowers ; probably a variety of Jfespilus grandifldra, 



C. unilateralfs Pers. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 599.) is a native of Carolina, with the corymbs of flowers 

 unilateral. Dried specimens are in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, Esq. 



C. lucida Mill. Diet., No. 6., (Don's Mill., ii. p. 599.) has lanceolate serrated leaves, very long 

 spines, and pale red flowers. We do not know of any plant now in the country answering to this 

 description. 



ii. Leaves variously lobed, or cut. 



C. turbinafa Pursh (Don's Mill., ii. p. 599.) is a native of Carolina and Virginia; and, according 

 to Pursh, allied to C. spathulata. 



C. pentagyna Waldst. et^ Kit. (Don's Mill., ii p. 599.) is a native of Hungary ; and, obviously, 

 only a variety of C. Oxyacantha. 



C. kyrtdstyla Fing. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 600.) is monogynous, with a curved style, as the name 

 implies ; and seems only a variety of the common 'hawthorn. 



C. lacinilita Dec. Prod., ii. p. 629., is a native of Sicily, with pinnati fid leaves, and white flowers ; 

 said to have been introduced in 1816, and to be allied to C. Azarvlus ; but we know nothing of the 

 plant. 



C. l&triscita Dec. Prod., 2. p. 630., Afespilus la?vigata Poir., is a native of the Vosges. 



C*. P0*>e/tiana Dec. Prod., 2. p. 630., A/espilus linearis Poir., has obovate leaves, somewhat lobed : 

 its native country is unknown ; but, though it is said to have been introduced in 1X10, we have not 

 seen the plant. From the leaves being lobed, it is evidently different from the A/espilus linearis of 

 the Jardin des Plantes, which is a synonyme of C. Crus-galli salicifolia, 



C.pectinuta Bosc (Dec. Prod., ii. p 630.) is a native of Persia; said to be allied to C. tanaceti- 

 f olia ; and, if so, it cannot be the same as C. Oxyacantha pcctinata of Booth. 



C. trifoli&ta Bosc, C. quinqnelobnta Bosc, C. odorhta Bosc, C. obov&ta Bosc, C.flavtsccns Bosc, 

 C.flabellata Bosc, C. Ihcida latifblia Boll. Cat., and C. lucida m&dia Boll. Cat, are names to which 

 no descriptions ha,ve been attached. 



App. iii. Alphabetical List of Sorts of CratrtTgus in the Arbo- 

 retum of Messrs. Loddiges, as given in their Catalogue, 1 6th 

 edition, 1836; with some Additions, taken from the Names 

 placed against Plants in their Nursery, but not in the Cata- 

 logue ; referred to the Species and Varieties of Cratagus as 

 given in this Work. 

 The use of this list is to assist persons who have purchased collections of 



CVate v gus from Messrs. Loddiges, according to the names of the 1/ith ami 



