DECIDUOUS TREES. 



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Fig. 150. 



commonly known as wild-thorn apple trees. The leaves are irreg- 

 ularly heart-shaped, more or less •lobed, and acutely serrated. 

 The flowers are white, except in a few 

 varieties, the fruit is larger than that of 

 the hawthorn or cockspur species, and 

 the growth is more free and vigorous. 

 The fruit has a most agreeable perfume 

 -and flavor, but differs in quality and size 

 •on different trees almost as much as cul- 

 tivated apples ; and in autumn is orna- 

 mental by reason of its bright red color. 

 Though the trees have the same char- 

 acteristic of low breadth as the other 

 .species, they have a less artificial or 

 gardenesque kind of beauty than the 

 cockspur thorns, and the foliage masses 

 in larger divisions of light and shade. 

 Fig. 144, page 438, shows a fine specimen of this family, drawn 

 from nature on Mount Desert Island, Maine, which is about fifteen 

 feet high and twenty-five feet in breadth. Fig. 150 represents 

 another and larger form that some varieties assume at the west. 

 There are hundreds of varieties of this species. The following are 

 "believed to be the most interesting : 



The Double-scarlet Thorn. C. coccinea flore plena. — This is 

 a new variety, and said to excel all the others in beauty. Its flow- 

 ers are unusually large, of a deep crimson color, with a scarlet 

 shade, and very double. Foliage luxuriant and glossy. 



The Dotted-fruited Thorn, C. c. punctata aurea, has yellow 

 fruit, and grows to greater size than many other varieties. 



The Tansy-leaved Thorn. C. tena- 

 ■cetifolia celsiana. — A vigorous growing tree 

 of fastigiate habit, and unusual size and 



beauty of foliage and fruit. Fig. 151 ^^ M^ li \^^i^X^ 

 shows the leaf. The fruit is yellow. %J ^^ ' A^^^\ 



The Fiery Thorn or Burning Bush. Cratcegus pyracantha. 

 -An evergreen or sub-evergreen shrub, of dense growth, with very 



Fig. 151. 



