174 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



acantha has two grooved stones in smooth-stemmed fruit. Not only is 

 Crataegus monogyna much the commoner in cultivation in America but 

 it has many more named varieties. A good idea of the variation in this 

 species can be gained from the names given them : lacini^ta, cut-leaved ; 

 quercifblia, oak-leaved ; h6rrida, very thorny ; p^ndula, weeping ; stricta, 

 very upright ; varieg^ta, variegated-leaved ; dlba plfena, white-double- 

 flowered ; rubra plfena, red-double-flowered ; bfcolor, two-colored (white 

 flowers with pink edges) ; Paiili, Paul's double scarlet. Of the true Cra- 

 taegus Oxyacantha there is a very distinct and showy variety, xantho- 

 cArpa, with bright yellow fruit. 



[Seeds (1-2 years to grow) ; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO A FEW OF THE MOEE OENAMENTAL SPE- 

 CIES OF CEAT^GUS, INCLUDING PYEACANTHA 



* Leaves decidedly lobed. (A.) 



A. Fruit i inch or more wide and retaining the calyx. (B.) 

 B. Fruit oval with one stone; stems of flowers and fruit usually 

 distinctly hairy. Hawthorn (262) — Crataegus mondgyna. 



B. Fruit nearly globular with two stones, each with two grooves 

 on the inner side. English Hawthorn or Mat (261) — Cra^ 

 tsegus OxyacAntha. 



A. Fruit small, only about ^ inch wide, and with deciduous 

 calyx. (C.) 



C. Leaves deeply cleft, sometimes divided nearly to the midrib, 

 |-1J inches long; fruit dropping in the early winter ; spines 

 stout, 1-1^ inches long. Paesley-leaved Haw (263) — Cra- 

 taegus MarshAUii (C. apiif61ia) . 



C. Leaves less deeply cleft and larger, 1^-2 inches long; fruit 

 remaining on through the winter; spines slender, l|-2 inches 

 long. .Washington Thorn — Crataegus Phaenopjrrum (C. 

 cord^ta). 



* Leaves doubly serrate rather than lobed, broad at base. (D.) 



D. Leaves thick ; flowers large, |-1 inch wide, with yellow an- 

 thers ; fruit with 3-5 stones. (B.) 

 E. Leaves widest at or beyond the middle ; stamens 10 ; fruit 

 nearly globular, J inch, dark crimson, ripening late in Oct. 

 and soon dropping. Scarlet Haw — Crataegus coccfnea. 

 B. Leaves widest near the base ; stamen.s 20 ; fruit ripening in 

 Aug., large, |-1 inch, pubescent, scarlet with darker doK, on 

 drooping stems, flesh yellow, dry and mealy. Red HiW 

 (264) — Crataegus mdllis. 



