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is 24 il. high, and the diameter of the head 28 ft. In Sussex, at West Dean, C. C. splfcndens, 15 years 

 planted, is 1:5 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk Gin., and of the head 21 ft In Bedfordshire, at South. 

 hill. 28 years planted, the specie! is IS ft. high. In Berkshire, at White Knights, C. C. salieifblia, 35 

 >o.irs planted, is 29 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7£in., and of the head 26 ft. In Gloucester- 

 shire, at Doddington, !> years planted, the species is 10 ft. high, the diameter of -the trunk 7 in., and 

 of the head 28 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, C. C. salicifblia, 15 years planted, is 21^ ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and^of the head 26 ft. In Oxfordshire, at Oxford, in the Botanic 

 Garden, 40 years planted, the species is 30 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, C. C. /jyracanthi- 

 folia, 21 years planted, is 20 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Livermere, 35 years planted, the species is 26 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 14 in., and of the head 35 ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 14 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Scotland, in Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 10 years planted, it is 12ft. 

 high ; in Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, 15 years planted, 12 ft. high ; in Ross-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, 20 ft. high. In Ireland, at Dublin, in the Glasnevin Garden, C.'C. salicifblia, 35 years planted, 

 is 15 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 22 ft. In Galway, at Cool, the species is 

 21 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 25 ft. ; in Louth, at Oriel Temple, 

 35 yeirs planted, and 21 ft. high, tke diameter of the trunk 1 ft. Sin , and of the head 25ft. In 

 Frame, in the Jardin des Plantes, there is an avenue of C. C. linearis, averaging 15 ft. high. In 

 Saxony, at \Sorlitz, the species, 35 years planted, is 20 ft high. In Italy, at Monza, the species," 24 

 years planted, is 16 ft. high ; C. C. linearis, 24 years planted, is 12 ft. high ; and C. C. pyracanthifblia, 

 8 years planted, is 10 ft. high. 



§ v. Nigrce. 



Serf. Char. Leaves middle-sized, deeply lobed. Lobes pointed. Fruit round, 

 black, or purple. Tree rather fastigiate, with few or no spines. Bark 

 smooth. 



*t 9. C. ni'gra Waldst. et Kit. The bXzck-fndted Thorn. 



IdcntificatU>7i. Waldst et Kit. PI. Rar. Hung., t. 61. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 599. 

 Si/nonymes. 3/espilus nigra Willd. Enum., 524. ; C. carpatica Lodd. Cat. 



Engravings. Waldst. et Kit. PI. Rar. Hung., t 61.; fig. 581. in p. 857. ; and the plate of this spe- 

 cies in our Second. Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves sinuately lobed, and serrated, somewhat wedge- 

 shaped, though truncately so, at the base ; whitely villose beneath. 

 Stipules oblong, serrately cut. Calyxes villose ; the lobes slightly toothed. 

 Styles 5. Fruit black. (Dec. Prod. ,ii. p. 628.) A native of Hungary, where 

 it forms a. large bush, of 15ft. or 20ft. in height, throwing up numerous 

 suckers from its widely spreading roots, which soon cover the ground with 

 a forest of plants. In England, where it is generally propagated by grafting 

 on the common thorn, it forms a very handsome, upright, somewhat fasti- 

 giate tree, from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high, putting forth its leaves, in mild seasons, 

 in February or March ; flowering in April or May ; and ripening its fruit in 

 July and August. Nightingales are said to be attracted by this tree, pro- 

 bably because it is particularly liable to be attacked by insects, and because 

 numerous caterpillars are to be found on it, about the time when the night- 

 ingale is in full song. It was introduced in 1819 ; and there are large and 

 handsome specimens of it in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and 

 at Messrs. Loddiges's. There is also, in Sussex, at West Dean, a tree, 14 

 years planted, which is 19ft. high; and one in the Botanic Garden, Edin- 

 burgh, 10 years planted, which is 15 ft. high. 



¥ 10. C. purpu'rea Bosc. The pmp\e-bra7iched Thorn. 



Identification. Bosc ined. ; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 628. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 599. 

 Synonyme. C. sanguinea tlort. 



Engi nnings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t 60. ; owe fig. 582. in p. 857. ; and the plate of this species in our 

 Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches dark purple. Leaves ovate, cuneate at the base, 

 lobed with broad lobes, serrated, glabrous, or pubescent beneath. Stipules 

 somewhat circular, serrated with glanded serratures. (Dec. Prod., ii. 

 j). C)2H.) The native country of this species, according to De Candolle, is 

 unknown ; but, as we consider it to be nothing more than another form of 

 C. altaica, we conclude it to be indigenous in the Altaic Mountains. It 

 lias been in cultivation in England since 1822, and flowers early in April ; 

 being the very first species of Crataegus that comes into flower in the 

 neighbourhood of London, excepting always the Glastonbury thorn. It 

 forma an upright, rigid, rather slow-growing tree, without thorns; it has a 

 few small branches, and is not densely clothed with leaves. It has a starved 

 and somewhat stunted appearance, and is readily known by the purple 

 l olour of its young shoots. r J ne bark of the old wood is of a dark purple 



