ROSE FAMILY 
Winter Buds.—Obtuse, chestnut brown, one-eighth of an inch 
long. Inner scales grow with the growing shoot, becoming nearly an 
inch long before they fall. 
Leaves.—Alternate, simple, broadly ovate, almost orbicular, two 
to four inches long, one and one-half inches to three broad, wedge- 
shaped, truncate or rounded at base, sharply incised with many 
shallow lobes, finely and unevenly serrate, acute. Feather-veined, 
midrib and primary veins prominent beneath and depressed above. 
They come out of the bud conduplicate, pale green, coated with to- 
mentum or hairy; when full grown are then smooth or rough, light 
green above, paler beneath. Petioles grooved, stout, hairy, an inch 
to two inches in length. Stipules leaf-like, acute or linear, early 
deciduous. 
frlowers.—May, when leaves are half grown. Perfect, white, an 
inch to an inch and a quarter across when expanded, borne in broad, 
stout, branched, hairy corymbs. 
Calyx.—Urn-shaped, tomentous or hairy, five-lobed ; lobes acute, 
serrate, finally reflexed and persistent, imbricate in bud. Calyx and 
peduncles glandular. 
Corolla.—Petals five, white, inserted on the calyx, rounded, im- 
bricate in bud. 
Stamens.—Ten, inserted with the petals; filaments thread-like ; 
anthers introrse, two-celled ; cells opening longitudinally. 
Pistil.—Ovaries inferior, two to five, inserted in the bottom of the 
calyx tube and united with it; styles two to five; stigmas capitate; 
ovules two in each cell. 
frruit.—Drupe-like pome with bony stones, globular or lengthened 
or pyriform, crowned with the calyx lobes, bright orange scarlet cov- 
ered with glaucous bloom, one inch to one and a quarter inches in 
length. Ripens in September, falls at once. Flesh yellow, juicy, 
slightly acid and with a pleasant flavor; nutlets lunate. 
This is the handsomest of the American Hawthorns and 
bears the only haws that by any stretch of the imagination 
could be considered edible, The flesh is thin for an apple, 
but thick for a haw and of a pleasant-flavor. The fruit falls 
in September as soon as it ripens, For many years this Haw 
was confused with C. coccinea, but there are marked differ- 
ences between them. The fruit is larger, the leaf is much 
larger, broader, more nearly orbicular, nor is it so deeply cut. 
This species is admirably adapted as an ornament to the lawn 
—its branches touch the ground—it will grow in a close py- 
ramidal head—is very free from insects’ attacks, it flowers 
and fruits profusely—and in every way is satisfactory. 
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