Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
One instantly knows the cockspur thorn by its pecul- 
iar leaf—polished and thick, rounded at top and with 
a long-tapering base; none other is more deluged in 
bloom, but the black and scarlet perhaps show a greater 
profusion of fruit. The cockspur is the one most used 
for hedges, though now being displaced by the thorny 
osage orange. In planting thorns it is well to choose a 
variety, as they differ in their flowering periods, the 
cockspur being the latest, as the scarlet is about the 
earliest. 
