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few others are worthy of consideration from a purely 

 flowering point of view. Any free, light soil will suit the 

 Cotoneasters. 



Crataegus (Rosaceae). 



Cratjsgus Azaboltjs. — South Europe, 1640. This is 

 a very vigorous-growing species, with a wide, spreading 

 head of rather upright-growing branches. The flowers 

 are showy, white and sweet-scented, and the fruit large 

 and of a pleasing red colour. 



C. Azaeolus Abonia (syn C. Aronia and C. mawa). — 

 Aronia Thorn. South Europe, 1810. This tree attains to 

 a height of 20 feet, has deeply-lobed leaves that are wedge- 

 shaped at the base, and slightly pubescent on the under- 

 sides. The flowers, which are usually at their best in 

 June, are white and showy, and succeeded by large, yellow 

 fruit. Generally the Aronia Thorn forms a rather upright 

 and branchy specimen of neat proportions, and when 

 Btudded with its milk-white flowers may be included 

 amongst the most distinct and ornamental of the family. 



C. coccinea. — Scarlet-fruited Thorn. North America, 

 1683. If only for its lovely white flowers, with bright, 

 pinky anthers, it is well worthy of a place even in a 

 selection of ornamental flowering trees and shrubs. It 

 is, however, rendered doubly valuable in that the cordate- 

 ovate leaves turn of a warm brick colour in the autumn, 

 while the fruit, which is usually produced abundantly, is 

 of the brightest red. 



C. coccinea macbantha. — North America, 1819. This 

 bears some resemblance to the Cockspur Thorn, but has 

 very long, curved spines — longer, perhaps, than those of 

 any other species. There are other varieties, including 

 corallina, glandulosa, indentata, maxima, and minor. 



0. cobdata (United States, 1738) is one of the latest 

 flowering species, in which respect it is even more decided 

 than the well-known G. tanacetifolia. It forms a small, 



