492 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



A shrub 2 or 3 feet high, growing in wet ground, moist 

 thickets, or swamps, from New England to Florida, westward 

 to Minnesota and Louisiana. 



53. Dwarf Thorn 



Crataegus parvifblia. — Family, Rose. Color, white. Leaves, 

 alternate, inversely ovate, simple, thickish, shining above, 

 roundish-toothed, nearly sessile. Time, May. 



Calyx, a tube, with* 5 points the length of the petals. 

 Petals and styles, 5. Stamens, many. Fruit, a yellowish, pear- 

 shaped pome, enclosings hard seeds. Flowers, short-peduncled, 

 I to 3 together. 



The hawthorn division of the rose family contains many 

 beautiful trees, with fine, close foliage, and small, cherry-like 

 blossoms. The only one distinctively a shrub is the dwarf thorn, 

 from 3 to 6 feet high, growing in dry, sandy soils from New 

 Jersey southward. 



54. June-berry. Service -berry. Shad-bush 



Amelanchier Canadensis. — Family, Rose. Color, white. 

 Leaves, ovate, pointed, rounded or notched at base, finely 

 toothed, 2 or 3 inches long, on petioles, pale green underneath. 

 Stipules, long and narrow, and with the bud-scales silky downy, 

 falling with the scales. Time, April or May. Fruit in June. 



Calyx, 5-parted. Petals, long, i^rrow, notched, tapering at 

 base, 5. Stamens, many. Fruit, a dark-crimson, lo-seeded, • 

 edible berry, with the calyx points remaining on the tip. The 

 flowers grow in spreading racemes with leaves or bracts 

 among them. They come early in spring, their pure white 

 contrasting prettily with the pale green, glossy, silky leaves, 

 and the pretty crimson of the investing scales. They have a 

 fishy smell. The name shad - bush refers to the time of the 

 approach of the spring shad in our waters. 



This often attains the proportions of a small tree. It grows in 

 dry soil, in light woods or thickets, or along the roadsides. 



