DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. 409 
haws, which remain on into winter, till, ripened by frost, 
they are gathered by the birds, give them additional 
charms. Into these tall species all the others, very vari- 
ous, and many of them very beautiful, may be grafted. 
The four principal species, natives of our State, are: — 
Crategus coccinea, Scarlet-fruited Thorn; C. tomentosa, 
the Pear-leaved Thorn; (©. crus-galli, the Cockspur 
Thorn, and C. punctata, the Dotted-fruited Thorn ; — all 
handsome, with white, fragrant flowers, in clusters. 
C. Oxyacdntha is the common Hawthorn of England, 
which is also an ornamental shrub, as well as a very im- 
portant one for the formation of hedges. Of this species 
there are a number of beautiful varieties, viz.: rosea, with 
deep red flowers; double white and double red, which are 
very beautiful, besides some others not so well known. 
CYDONIA.—Jaran Quince. 
[So called from being a native of the ancient town of Cydon, in the island of 
. Crete.) 
Cydonia Japonica, formerly Pyrus Japonica, is indige- 
nous to Japan, and embraces two varieties, the scarlet and 
variegated flowering. When in bloom, there is no plant 
that equals it in splendor. The Cydonia may be seen 
budding and bursting into bloom in April. The flowers 
are in aggregated clusters, along the branches, interspersed 
with the young leaves. The scarlet color of the flowers 
is most brilliant. There is a paler variety which has flow- 
ers of a fine blush, shaded with red, which, when con- 
trasted with the other, forms an agreeable relief. The 
perfect hardiness of this shrub, and the brilliancy of its 
flowers, render it valuable in the shrubbery, lawn or flow- 
er-garden. It grows from six to eight feet high, but com- 
mences to flower when the plants are quite small. A 
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