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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



and 

 Season. 



General Remarks. 



*Crataegus coccinea 

 (the Scarlet Thorn) 



North America ; 

 introduced in 1683 



White ; 

 late Spring 



*C. cordata (Wash- 

 ington Thorn). 



C. Crus-galli (the 

 Cockspur Thorn) 



North America 



North America 



June; 

 white 



June; 

 white 



C. Douglasii 



Western side of 

 North America 



White ; 

 late Spring 



finer than the species. One 

 is *Macracantha, which has 

 spines sometimes 5 inches 

 long, and bright scarlet haws, 

 not so large as those of the 

 species, but produced more 

 abundantly. It should be 

 more frequently seen in gar- 

 dens, and is worthy to rank 

 as a species. Indentata has 

 deeply-cut leaves and bright- 

 red fruits. 



This is a small tree with thin, 

 glossy, heart-shaped leaves 

 and small flowers, orange-red 

 fruits, not unlike those of 

 C. Pyracantha, and carried 

 late in the year. Birds, how- 

 ever, enjoy them. 



This is a handsome American 

 Thorn, and one of the most 

 striking of the whole family. 

 It has stout, glossy leaves 

 and formidable spines, these 

 often being from 3 to 4 inches 

 long, and gave rise to the 

 popular name. The brick- 

 red friaits hang on the tree 

 long after the leaves have fal- 

 len, and make a bright winter 

 picture. There are several 

 varieties. Arbutifolia has 

 shorter spines and smaller 

 fruits than the type ; the 

 leaves are also narrower and 

 duller in colour ; linearis has 

 long linear leaves and bright- 

 red fruits. Ovalifolia has 

 large oval shining leaves 

 and bright scarlet fruits, it 

 is rather more upright than 

 the type. *Splendens makes 

 a handsome, shapely tree 

 about 20 feet high, and 

 flowers and fruits very freely ; 

 the leaves are rounded, green, 

 and shining, and the flowers 

 pure white, in small corymbs, 

 and followed by bright-scarlet 

 fruits. 



This is a large iiregular-shaped 

 tree 20 feet to 30 feet, and 

 has short stout spines about 

 an inch long ; the flowers 

 appear in small clusters, and 

 the fruits are small and black. 

 Wood and spines are brown 

 and quite shiny. Rivularis 

 has smaller and thicker 

 leaves, and shorter and 

 stouter wood. 



