CRAT^GUS 



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seed-like. This exceedingly ornamental and peculiar plant is hardy, with 

 protection, north to Massachusetts and blooms every year. [Seeds.] 



Crataegus. The Haws, Thorns, and Hawthorns are, in the main, 

 thorny shrubs but about half of the species grow occasionally to a height 

 which would entitle them to the name of trees and a few are always tree- 

 like. Of the hundreds of species, given in modern botanic works, which 

 are to be found wild in America and Europe, only a few are in general 

 cultivation. The simple alternate more or less notched or lobed leaves, 

 thorny branches, five-petaled flowers ^ to 1 inch broad, in clusters, and 



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Fig. 266. — Large-fruited Thorn. 



green Thurn. 



the pome or apple-like fruit characterize the genus. The flowers are 

 usually white, sometimes pink or red, and are in a few cases double. 

 The fruit, which except in the double forms is abundant, is rounded, 

 small, and tipped with the conspicuous remains of the calyx. 



The commonest Hawthorns in cultivation are two species from Europe 

 which are sold under a score or more of varietal names. These two are 

 much alike and are mainly sold under the one name of English Haw^- 

 THORN or May (201) — Crataegus Oxyacantha — though more often they 

 belong to another species, Crattiegiis nion6gyna. This latter has usually 

 one stone in the hairy-stemmed fruit ; while the true Crataegus Oxy- 



