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THE NATURE BOOK 



also found on the long shoots, rising out They show from three to five, or seven, 



of these at the points of junction with the main divisions, some of which are cut 



leaf-stalks. down nearly to the midrib. At the' base 



The name Hawthorn, which is simplj- of the leaf-stalks on the long shoots are 



leaf-like expansions (stipules), which here 

 have the appearance and serve the pur- 

 pose of supplementary foliage. In autumn 

 the leaf colouring shows great variation 

 and range — yellow, red, bronze, and 

 purple. 



The flowers are generally white, as 

 those of the Blackthorn, but their white- 

 ness is softened by the fresh greenery 

 of the associated foliage, and by the 



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TWIGS OF (n WILD SERVICE, (2) ROWAN, 

 (3) HAWTHORN. 



Hedge-thorn, denotes the fact that this, 

 of all growths, has come most into use 

 in the formation of live fences. Easily 

 propagated by cuttings, well enduring the 

 shears, dense with crowded twigs and 

 thorns, it speedily becomes an impene- 

 trable barrier. 



The leaves are extremely variable. 



LEAVES 

 OF ROWAN. 



many pink 



or p u r jU i s h 



heads of the 



enclosed stamens. 



The brightly-coloured 



" haw " is apple- like 



in outward appearance, 



but it differs from the 



produce of other trees in this group, in 



that it is in reality a stone fruit. 



Henry Irving. 



