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10. CRATAY’GUS, L. Hawrnory. 
(Greek, Kratos, strength ; in allusion to .he strength or firmness of the wood.] 
— urceolate ; limb 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Styles 
ruit fleshy or somewhat farinaceous, contain ning 1—5 bon 
daisedsd ca carpels. ‘Thorny shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, simple, 
often incised or lobed. Flowers mostly in terminal corymbs. 
a C. Crus-gal’li, L. Leaves obovate-cuneate or lance-oblong, se 
coriaceous, smodth and shining, subsessile ; styles 1-3; fruit i 
pyriform. 
Cock-spur Cratacus. Cockspur Thorn. New Castle Thorn. 
Stem 10-15 or 26 feet jhish much branched, and a ie! hba> ith sharp tapering | oye 3 
to near 3 cee in ae Leaves 1- 2% inc hes jong, rt petioles. 
nal bowen t rigid sp’ Nodal white. Fruit middling Probes edit brown w hake, 
Thickets, fence os ‘hedges, &e.: Canada to Flori ida. Juni . October. 
This shrub—of which there are two na three pretty distinct va" 
rieties—is, in my opinion, the best adapted hedging, of any of the 
genus. Properly treated, it makes _—_ nn aa effective hedge. 
until timber shall become scarce, very few farmers will ake the requisite 
ains to insure a complete hedge, sited without such care it is worse than 
esi! lost to make such an attempt. In the language of Mr. McManon’s 
cellent ‘ ican Gardener's Calendar,” referring to the hedging ex- 
sett 3 of negligent, gig farmers : “ I would advise such to ‘ 
a ey by the post and raz, and not to lose time in doing more hurt 
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C, corda’ta, Ar. ears be aed and sub-cordate at van ‘ 
a ipedaor and somewhat 3- sm ng 
petioles ; styles 5; fruit Nopiecond ot g rsa 3 
CorDaTE nar navi. Washington Thorn, Virginia Thorn. 
Stem 15 ~20 feet high, much eat and armed with slender tapering coogi" thorns % 
to near 3 Phe in le rout inches ens, often 3-lobed like a leaf of the Red 
Maple. terminating ue ca sicnder short wena 2 white. me 
More or less united. Fruit smail, bright reddish ag when — 
Banks of streams: Virginia to G Fi. June, Fr. Octo 
ies is ~~ “a sie has oo au cultivated for 
hedging, in Pennsylvania— , from the vicinity of 
City, agree the pani Phen roe of ‘the present century. It 
es at tial — 
opinion, is decidedly falco to the Cockspur Thorn, for that Fg a 
I have used it extensively ; but have found it so ——. to be ee 
into gaps, by thoughtless * reckless trespassers, tha' y hedges have 
been rather a source 0} es tion than of satis rane 
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