supplementary to Encx/c. of' Plants and Hoit. Brit. 359 



'Rosacea. 



[Brit. No. 12900 

 1506. CRATjE'GUS Crus-galli prunifblia Lindl. Bot. reg. 1868; synon. C. ;)runif5Iia ifosc. Hort. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oblong, unequally serrate, somewhat gla- 

 brous ; spines not very long, straight; peduncles villous ; fruit 

 oblong, 2-stoned. 



Dr. Lindley considers this as " apparently a distinct species of thorn, in the 

 way of C. Crus-galli ovalifolia ; from which it is readily known by its shaggy 

 flower stalks, and its less pear-shaped fruits ; each of which contains two, in- 

 stead of three, stones." The genus Cratae^gus is one of the very few that we 

 have been able to study, and make up our mind as to what are species, and 

 what varieties, in the collection of the London Horticultural Society, and in 

 that of Messrs. Loddiges. We have been able to do that chiefly in conse- 

 quence of most of the sorts having produced fruit last summer, and, also, from 

 having seen old plants of some of the more rare species at White Knights, 

 Farnham Castle, and Ham House. Perhaps another reason why we have 

 arrived at satisfactory conclusions is, that, of all the genera of hardy, deciduous, 

 ligneous plants, Cratse^gus is that which we like the best. We know of no 

 genus that is so interesting at all seasons, and that produces so much variety 

 in the course of the year. It is among hardy trees and shrubs what £'rica is 

 among green-house plants, and the oak and the pine among forest trees. 

 From the thorns, the bark, the leaves, the fruit, and something in the general 

 aspect of the plant, which is more easily felt than described. We are convinced 

 that this very handsome kind of thorn is only a variety of C. Crus-galli. 

 Nevertheless, we fully admit the accuracy of Dr. Lindley's description, and 

 agree with him, that it is a very distinct sort. 



var. ovalifftlia Lindl. Bot. reg. 1860. ; synon. C. ovalif61ia Horn. Hort. Brit. No. 12904 



Distinctive Characteristics of the Variety. • — Leaves obovately 

 wedge-shaped, shining, glabrous, falling off late; spines strong, 

 very long ; pedicels glabrous ; fruit pear-shaped, 3-stoned. 



1531. KE'RRIA 1702 * japonica Dec. 



The double-flowered variety of this 

 handsome early-flowering hardy shrub 

 is well known to most gardeners ; but 

 the single state of the species is com- 

 paratively rare. There is a plant of it, 

 however, in the Chelsea Botanic Gar- 

 den, which flowered this spring, and 

 which has been figured in the British 

 Flower- Garderi for June. Fig. 58. is 

 a reduced copy, to the scale of 2 in. to 

 1 ft. This figure appeared rather too 

 late for publication in our Arboretum 

 Britanniciim ; but it will be found in 

 the Supplement to be given with the 

 last number of that work. 



Onagrdcece. 



Fuchsm discolor Litidl.^ Bot. Mag., t. S^QS., is never injured 

 by the winters, even of Scotland. 



Fuchsias and veronicas, with large woody stems, were seen by 

 Mr. Anderson (who accompanied Captain King in his late 



