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white, usually solitary. Fruit yellow, 

 Pear-shaped, edible. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



C. florentina. — A native of Florence 

 20-30 ft. high. Leaves ovate oblong, 

 deeply serrated, downy beneath. Flovcers 

 in May, white, ovoid, globose. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. heterophylla. — An Eastern tree 

 10-20 ft. high. Leaves smooth, wedge- 

 shaped-lanceolate, somewhat 3-lobed and 

 cut at the apex. Flowers in May, white. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. melanocarpa (C. Oxyaeanthaoliver- 

 iama). — A native of Tauria 10-20 ft. high. 

 Leaves usually 3-cleft, serrated towards 

 the apex. Flowers in May and June, 

 white. Fruit black. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. nigra (C. carpatica). — A tree 10- 

 20 ft. high, native of E. Europe. Leaves 

 lobately sinuated, serrate, glossy green 

 above, downy beneath ; stipules oblong, 

 doubly serrate. Flowers in May and 

 June, white. Fruit black. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. odoratissima. — A Crimean tree 10- 

 20 ft. high. Leaves deeply cut, downy, 

 with sharp lance-shaped serrated lobes. 

 Flowers in May and June, white, very 

 sweet-scented. Fruit large, roundish, 

 yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 closely related to C. orientalis. 



C. orientalis (O. sa/ngwi/nea). — A native 

 of the Levant 12-20 ft. high ; with hoary 

 branches. Leaves 3-lobed, downy be- 

 neath; lobes ovate, deeply toothed at the 

 apex. Flowers in May and June, white. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Oxyacantha [Common Hawthorn ; 

 May). — A well-known British tree 10-20 

 ft. high. Leaves obovate wedge-shaped, 

 3-cleft or pinnately cut, smooth, shining. 

 Flowers in May and June, white, some- 

 times pink, sweet-scented. Fruit crimson- 

 red, occasionally orange. 



There are many fine forms of the 

 Hawthorn, the best being aurantiaca, 

 with orange-yellow fruits ; aurea, distinct, 

 with golden-yellow fruits; eriocarpa, with 

 wooUy fruits and clear whitish bark ; 

 ficifoUa, laci/rdata, and pteridAfoUa, all 

 with finely out leaves ; flore-pleno alba, 

 double white flowers changing to pink 

 with age ; prcecox, the Glastonbury Thorn, 



sometimes in flower at Christmas in mild 

 winters ; carnvimata or rosea, pink petals 

 with white claws ; rosea-superba (or 

 punicea), with large, dark red flowers ; 

 Paul's Double Scarlet, and several others. 

 Culture dc. as above. The Scarlet 

 Thorns, or ' Mays ' as they are popularly 

 termed, are extensively planted in villa 

 and suburban gardens, and are usually 

 grown as mop-headed standards grafted on 

 the commoner kind. 



C. pinnatifida. — A distinct Chinese 

 Thorn 6-10 ft. high, with broadly oval 

 leaves divided into 2-4 long pointed 

 toothed lobes on each side; they are 

 smooth above and downy on the nerves 

 beneath. The white flowers appear in 

 May in erect corymbose clusters before 

 many of the other Thorns. The variety 

 major is more ornamental than the type. 

 It has long-stalked, lobed and pinnately 

 divided leaves, large white flowers in 

 clusters, and bright red pear-shaped fruits 

 about J in. in diameter. It looks very 

 handsome in autumn. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 408. 



C. Pyracantha {Evergreen Thorn; 

 Pyracamth). — A beautiful and weU-known 

 tree 10-20 ft. high, native of S. Europe. 

 Leaves smooth, ovate lance-shaped, cre- 

 nate. Flowers in May, white. Fruits of 

 a beautiful scarlet, as large as peas, 

 remaining on the trees during winter. 

 There are only one or two varieties, of 

 which Lalandi, which fruits raore freely 

 than the type, and pauciflora, a dwarfer 

 form, are the best. 



The Pyracanth does well on a wall, 

 and looks handsome grown as a pyra- 

 midal tree. As the birds are very fond of 

 the fruits, a net over them will check 

 their thieving. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 408. 



C. sinaica (0. Arowia; C. marocca/na). 

 A native of S. Europe 15-20 ft. high. 

 Leaves wedge - shaped, 3 - lobed and 

 pinnately cut, smooth ; stipules cut. 

 Flowers in May and June, white. Fruit 

 scarlet. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 408. 



C. tanacetifolia [Tansy -learned Thorn). 

 A native of the Levant, 12-20 ft. high. 

 Leaves deeply cut, downy, vidth oblong- 

 acute, few-toothed lobes. Flowers iu May, 

 white ; calyx lobes acute, hairy, reflexed. 

 Fruit greenish-yellow, round. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 408. 



