ROSE FAMILY 



ll'in/t-r Biiiis. — Obtuse, chestnut brown, one-eighth of an inch 

 long. Inner scales grow with the growing slioot, becoming nearly an 

 inch long before they fill. 



Leaves. — Alternate, simple, broadly ovate, almost orbicular, two 

 to four inches long, one and one-half inches to three broad, wedge- 

 shaped, truncate or rounded at base, sharply incised with many 

 shallow lobes, finely and unevenly serrate, acute. Feather-veined, 

 midrib and primary veins prominent beneath and depressed above. 

 They come out of the bud conduplicate, pale green, coated with lo- 

 mentum or hairy ; when full grown are then smooth or rough, light 

 green above, paler beneath. Petioles grooved, stout, hairy, an inch 

 to two inches in length. Stipules leaf-like, acute or linear, early 

 deciduous. 



Flowers. — May, \\hen lca\cs arc half grown. Perfect, white, an 

 inch to an inch and a quarter aci'oss when expanded, borne in broad, 

 stout, branched, hairy cor) nibs. 



Caly.x. — Urn-shaped, tomentons or hairy, five-lobed ; lobes acute, 

 serrate, finally reflexed and persistent, imbricate in bud. Calyx and 

 peduncles glandular. 



Corolla. — Petals fi\e, white, inserted on the calyx, rounded, im- 

 bricate in bud. 



.'^laiiiens. — Ten, inserted with the petals ; filaments thread-like ; 

 anthers introrse, two-celled ; cells Ojiening longitudinally. 



Pistil. — 0\arics inferior, two to fi\e, inserted in the bottom of the 

 calyx tube and united with it; styles two to five ; stigmas capitate; 

 ovules two in each cell. 



Fruit. — Drupe-like pome with bony stones, globular or lengthened 

 or pyriform, crouned with the calyx lobes, bright orange scarlet cov- 

 ered with glaucous bloom, one inch to one and a quarter inches in 

 len,gth. Ripens in September, falls at once. Flesh yellow, juicy, 

 slightly acid and with a pleasant flavor; nutlets lunate. 



This is the handsomest of the American Hawthorns and 

 bears tlie only haws that by any stretch of the imagination 

 could be considered edible. Idie flesh is thin for an apple, 

 but thick for a haw and of a pleasant flavor. The fruit falls 

 in September as soon as it ripens. For many years this Haw 

 was confused with C. eiieciiica, but there are marked differ- 

 ences between them. The fruit is larger, the leaf is much 

 larger, broader, more nearly orbicular, nor is it so deeply cut. 

 This species is admirably adapted as an ornament to the lawn 

 — its branches touch the ground — it will grow in a close py- 

 ramidal head — is very free from insects' attacks, it flowers 

 and fruits orofusely — and in every way is satisfactory. 



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