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THE HAWTHORN. 



Rf)uiided and broad in proportion to its height, this type of 

 Hawthorn appears as a dense, stunted tree, some twelve to eighteen 

 feet high. The natural grotesqueness ot its stem-growth is often in- 

 creased, in early stages, by the jiruning knite, and the presence of 

 numerous suckers. Arrested development in the twigs is indicated by 

 the spurs, and this, together with the production of lateral branches 

 of blossom, affords an explanation of their matted appearance. The 

 numerous twigs are thickly coated with leaves and thorns, and long 

 shoots, bent by the weight of blossom and leafage, project from the 

 matted bulk. 



