158 TREES 



reaches forty feet in height, its round head rising above 

 the tall trunk, with stout branchlets and stubby, shiny 

 thorns. 



The twigs are coated with pale hairs, the young leaves, 

 and ultimately the leaf-linings and petioles are hairy, and 

 the fruits are downy, marked with dark dots. 



The only fault the landscape gardener can find with 

 this red haw, is that its abundant fruit, ripe in late sum- 

 mer, falls in September. The species is found from Ohio 

 to Dakota, Nebraska, and Xansas. 



The Scarlet Haw 

 C. coccinea, Linn. 



The scarlet haw, native of the Northeastern states, is one 

 of the oldest native thorns in cultivation. It is a favorite 

 in New England gardens, because of its abundant bloom, 

 deep crimson fruit and vivid autumn foliage. It is a 

 shrubby, round-headed tree, with stout ascending 

 branches, set with thorns an inch or more in length. 



The Black Haw 



C, Douglasii, Lindl. 



In the West the black haw is a round-headed, native tree 

 found from Puget Sound southward through California 

 and eastward to Colorado and New Mexico. It is a 

 round-headed tree reaching forty feet in height, in moist 

 soil. Its distinguishing feature is the black fruit, ripe in 

 August and September, lustrous, thin-fleshed, sweet, one- 

 half an inch long. The thorns are stout and sharp, rarely 

 exceeding one inch in length. The leathery dark-green 



