TREKS GROWING IN RICH SOIL. 



i6s 



simple ; alternate ; slcnder-pctioled in alternate bunches ; rounded-ovate, with 

 pointed apex and pointed or slightly heart-shaped base ; sharply and unevenly 

 tuothed or forming small lobes; deep green tinged with red, shining and glab- 

 rous; membranous. FUnuers : huge; white, pink or reddish; clustered in a 

 corymb; odour, unpleasant. Calyx: urn-shaped; five-cleft. Corolla: of five 

 ros. "eous i)etals. Stamens: numerous. Pistil: one with from three to five 

 styit:^^ Fniit : bright scarlet ; ovate ; not edible. 



Among the hawthorns there are a number of beautiful trees 

 with close, fine foliage and dainty, cherry-like blossoms which 

 unfold an abundance of brightness in the springtime. ^Ve are 

 prone to lament that the odours of many of tiie species are dis- 

 agreeable; but this is not so without a purpose. Carrion-loving 

 flics which assist in accomj^lishing cross-fertilization are attracted 

 by this means, and the flapping of their wings makes a sonorous 

 hum through the treetops. Although this tree is common 

 throughout the north, it a[)pears not to be as much found in 

 gardens as formerly. Until late in tlie autumn the bright red 

 fruit hangs on the branches, 'i'he closely grained and hard 

 wood is brown with a reddish tint. 



C. macracd/it/ia, long-spined thorn, is a similar tree to the pre- 

 ceding one and has longer and brighter brown thorns which grow 

 on its straggling branches. Its leaves are broadly obovate, and 

 its flowers and fruit are rather small. From May until June it 

 may be found in bloom. 



BLACK THORN. PEAR THORN. 



{Fhife LXXXIV.) 



PEAR HAW. 



FAMILY SHAPE 



Apple. lIead,Jlat^broa,i : 

 brunches, thick. 



C rat erg US iometithsa. 



HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Z-1-^Jeet, A tlixntic seaboard wcstivard May., June. 



to M iasoiiri and Texas. 



Fruit: October. 



Bark: ashy grey, broken into thin scales. Young tivigs : bronze-green or 

 dull orange. Thorns: stout; one to two inches long. Stipules: linenr. 

 Leaves: simple; alternate; ovate and narrowing into a margined jietiole; the 

 apex pointed; sharply anl unevenly serrate, or cut to appear like small lobes ; 

 thick. Uiipcr surface greyish green, almost smooth and impressed above the 

 ribs ; jiubescent below when young and remaining so along the ribs. Flo^vers : 

 numerous; white; odour, disagreeable; about one inch across and growing 

 in loose corymbs at the end of the branches. Fruit : orange or dull red; oval 

 or pear shai)ed ; about half an inch in diameter ; edible. 



Although the blackthorn has not the advantage of having its 



