USEFUL WILD PLANTS 



taken up by the blood and diffused through the 

 smallest veins. 



Our American Hawthorns (botanically, Crataegus, 

 a genus which some modem botanists have split up 

 into a hopeless multitude of confused species) bear 

 clusters of tiny, alluring apples in various colors — 

 yellow, purple, scarlet, dull red, some almost black. 

 Many of these are admirable for jelly making. 

 Among the best are the large haws of Crataegus 

 mollis (T. & G.) Scheele, about an inch in diameter 

 and of a bright scarlet color. The species is fairly 

 common throughout the eastern United States and 

 Central West. The Summer Haw {Crataegus flava, 

 Ait.), a small tree of the Southern States, bears 

 somewhat pear-shaped, yellowish fruits, one-half to 

 three-fourths of an inch in diameter, which are also 

 esteemed for jellies, as are the shining blackish ber- 

 ries of the Black Haw {Crataegus Douglasii, Lindl.), 

 common in the Pacific Northwest, and sweet and 

 juicy enough to be pleasant eating uncooked. In 

 fact, when it comes to providing raw material for the 

 jelly makers, almost any thicket in late summer will 

 yield something, for even the hips of the Wild Eose 

 have been turned advantageously to that use. The 

 hips of certain species, that is; those being pre- 

 ferred whose content is juiciest and fleshiest — as, for 



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