British Wild Flowers and Trees 233 



delicate in bud when seen at hand? The Wild 

 Cherry, Rowan, White Beam, and Crab do their own 

 part in adorning our woods, but we need not leave 

 them wholly there. I find the Medlar charming for 

 its leaves in the fall as well as for the large simple 

 flowers in spring, and make groups of it on the 

 grass. The May is the one loved tree that all enjoy : 

 there are several wild forms in Britain besides the 

 garden varieties : — 



Crataegus. 



Oxyacantha (Linn.). 



a. oxyacanthoides (Thu.). 



b. laciniata (Wallr.). 



c. kyrtostyla (Fingerh.). 



d. monogyna (Jacq.). 



To remind the reader of how much tree beauty 

 there is in this now obscure' corner of our flora — so 

 far as gardens go — I print here the names of the 

 wild kinds of these trees, so far as known to us now, 

 with their English names where they have any. 



Prunus. 



communis (Huds.) — Sloe. 



b. fruticans (Weihe). 

 insititia (Linn.) — Bullace. 

 Avium, (Linn.) — Gean. 

 Cerasus (Linn.) — Wild Cherry. 

 Padus (Linn.)— Bird Cherry. 



Pyrus. 



torminalis (Ehrh.)— Wild service. 

 Aria (Sm.)— White Beam. 



b. rupicola (Syme). 

 latifolia (Syme). 



