CHAPTER X. 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 



2. With teeth. B. Edge divided. 



THE HAWTHORNS. 



The hawthorns, or white thorns, as they are some- 

 times called, are commonest in the South ; but many 

 varieties may be found in the JSTorth, where they 

 can always be distinguished from other trees, at all 

 seasons of the year, by their thorns. 



■Washington Thorn. The Wash- 

 Cratagus cordata. jngton thom 



is a tree which 

 grows not over 

 30 feet in 

 height, greatly 

 esteemed for its 

 beautiful flowers and 

 bright-red berries. The 

 leaf is a deep, lustrous green in summer, and turns 

 late in the fall a rich orange-red. The flowers ap- 

 pear about the last of May ; they are white, and 



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Washington Thorn. 



