ROSE FAMILY 
Fruit.—Drupe-like pome with bony stones, ovoid, rarely globular, 
dull red, one-half inch long, crowned with calyx lobes, erect ; flesh 
thin and dry. Ripens in September and October and remains on 
branches all winter. Nutlets rounded, obscurely two-grooved on the 
back. 
This Hawthorn is not very common in the northern states, 
is found most abundantly in central New York. It prefers 
rich alluvial soil and is found on the margin of forests. Its 
brilliant autumn foliage and its red winter berries recommend 
it as an ornamental plant. It comes into flower somewhat 
later than the others. 
DOTTED HAW 
Crataegus punclata. 
A thick wide spreading tree, forming a broad, round or flat-topped 
head. Branches slender, rigid, armed with straight, sharp, light 
brown spines, two to three inches long, sometimes unarmed. 
Roots fibrous. Ranges from Quebec to Ontario and southward to 
middle Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia and Ala- 
bama. Prefers rich moist soil, will grow in upland pastures where 
it forms thickets. 
Bark.—Dark, reddish brown, broken into long scales. Branch- 
lets at first downy, later they become light brown ; in second year 
are ashy gray, silvery white, or light brown. 
Wood.—Bright reddish brown; heavy, hard, close-grained. Sp. 
gr., 0.7681; weight of cu. ft., 47.87 lbs, 
Winter Buds.—Pale brown, shining, obtuse. 
Leaves.—Alternate, simple, wedge-obovate, two to three inches 
long, base wedge-shaped, tapering from above the middle of the 
leaf into long winged petioles, sharply and unevenly serrate above 
the middle, sometimes incisely cut, often entire below, apex acute or 
rounded. Feather-veined, midrib and primary veins depressed 
above, prominent beneath. They come out of the bud condupli- 
cate, when full grown are thick and firm, pale gray green, smooth 
above, paler and hairy beneath. In autumn they turn bright orange 
or orange and scarlet. Petioles grooved, winged. Stipules lanceo- 
late, glandular, serrated, acute, and early deciduous. 
Flowers.—May, June, after the leaves. Perfect, white, one-half 
to three-quarters of an inch across, borne in broad, thick-branched 
downy or tomentous corymbs. Pediccls are stout and hairy. 
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