

Cratacgus punctata 

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Crataegus The Hawthorns 



Small trees of great hardiness, thriving in almost any kind of soil. They are extremely ornamental 

 objects, both in flower and fruit, and are successfully used in combination with shrubs, or, in the instance 

 of the larger-growing species, as specimen trees for lawn or landscape. The double-flowered forms are 

 most valuable for cut-flowers and floral decorations. 



Crataegus apiifolia. PARSLEY-LEAVED THORN. One 

 of the most distinct of the Thorns. A shrub or small 

 tree distributed from Virginia to Florida, westward to 

 Missouri and Texas. Leaves cleft and deeply incised, 

 bright green, fading with lively tones of yellow and 

 orange. Flowers white, disposed in compound corymbs. 

 Fruit bright scarlet, long persistent. 



C. boyntoni. BqYNTON's THORN. A shrub or small 

 tree with ascending or spreading branches. Native of 

 the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. 

 Leaves ovate or oval, the borders serrate and incised, 

 bright green, fading with tones of yellow and bronze. 

 Flowers white, with yellow anthers, disposed in 4- to 

 lo-flowered corymbs. Fruit yellow-green, flushed with 

 red. 



C. buckleyi. BUCKLEY'S THORN. A shrub or small 

 tree similar to the last. Flowers white with purple an- 

 thers, borne in 3- to y-flowered corymbs. Fruit red or 

 russet. 



C. collina. HILLSIDE THORN. A small tree with 

 spreading branches, forming a symmetrical oval head. 

 Grows naturally in the mountains from Virginia to 

 Georgia and Tennessee. Leaves broadest above the 

 middle, with serrate borders, bright green, fading with 

 yellow tones. Flowers white, borne in large clusters in 

 early spring. Fruit dull red. 



C. cordata. WASHINGTON THORN. A small tree with 

 upright branches, forming a round-topped head. 

 Occurs from Virginia to Georgia, westward to Illinois 

 and Missouri. Leaves heart-shaped, serrate and in- 

 cised, dark shining green, turning orange and scarlet 

 m autumn. Flowers white, the anthers rose-color, 

 borne in compact flqriferous corymbs. Fruit scarlet, 

 very lustrous, persisting until the following spring. 



Crataegus crus-galli. COCKSPUR THORN. A small tree 

 with very spiny branches and a broad round-topped 

 head. Distributed from Quebec to North Carolina, 

 westward to Michigan. Leaves obovate, dark green 

 and shining, fading with tones of orange and scarlet. 

 Flowers white, in large, compound corymbs. Fruit dull 

 red, persisting until the following spring. Valuable as 

 a specimen tree. 



C. monogyna. ENGLISH HAWTHORN. A shrub or 

 small tree with spreading, spiny branches, native of 

 Europe. Leaves ovate, 3- to 7 - lobed, bright glossy 

 green. Flowers single, white, borne in compound;, 

 many-flowered corymbs. Fruit scarlet, long persistent. 

 The double-flowered forms described below make 

 handsome specimen plants. 



C. monogyna alba plena. DOUBLE WHITE HAWTHORN. 

 A shrub or small tree with spreading branches and 

 beautiful double white flowers disposed in branched 

 corymbs. Leaves lustrous green, similar to the species. 

 A most beautiful flowering Thorn. 



C. monogyna pauli. PAUL'S DOUBLE SCARLET THORN. 

 The most showy of the double-flowering Thorns. A 

 small tree or large shrub with spreading branches. 

 Flowers bright scarlet, large, full and very double. 

 Leaves as in the type. 



C. monogyna punicea. SINGLE PINK HAWTHORN. 

 Resembling the species, but the flowers single, deep 

 red. A vigorous grower, forming a beautiful small tree. 



C. oxyacantha. MAY THORN. A shrub or small tree 

 with spreading branches, forming a symmetrical round 

 head. Native of Europe. Leaves broadly ovate, lobed 

 and incisely serrate, deep lustrous green, fading with 

 tones of yellow and red. Flowers single white, dis- 

 posed in 5- to lo-flowered corymbs. Fruit scarlet, long 



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