140 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



Dotted-fruited 

 Thorn. 



tree grows less than 30 feet Mgli, and is common 

 throughout the ISTortli; it extends southward to 

 Georgia. Its branches are always hori- 

 zontal. 



Cockspur Thorn. The cockspur 



Cratceffus tllOm is a 



Crus-qalli. . . , 



variety most 

 frequently favored by culti- 

 vation ; it is very common- 

 ly used for hedges. The 

 thorns measure two or three inches in length. The 

 leaves are not divided, and are toothed only above 

 the middle ; they are dark green and shiny above, but 

 pale below ; in autumn they turn a duU 

 orange-red. The flowers, which bloom 

 as late as the middle of June, are 

 white, and somewhat fragrant. The 

 fruit is similar to that of the scarlet- 

 fruited thorn, but rather more pear- 

 shaped (very slightly so); it also 

 ripens about the same time, and 

 remains on the tree all winter. 

 The cockspur thorn is found on the 

 margins of swamps, or in rich soil, throughout the 

 !N"orth ; it extends southward to Florida and west- 

 ward to Missouri and Texas ; it is most abundant and 

 reaches its largest size in Arkansas and Louisiana. 



Cockspur 

 Thorn. 



