CHAP. XLIJ. ROSA CEJE. CRATAEGUS. 841 



25 ft. In Somersetshire, at Leigh Court, 14 years planted, 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 in., 

 and of the head 10 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and of 

 the head 40 ft. ; C. 0. rosea, 30ft. high, the trunk 14 in., and the head 24ft. in diameter. 



C. Oxyacantha, and its Varieties, North of London. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 30 years 

 planted, and 20 ft. high; and C. O. multiplex, of the same age, 23 ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, 

 at Temple House, the species 40 years planted, is 25 ft. high. In Cambridgeshire, at Wimpole, 25ft. 

 high. In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and of the head 22 ft. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Doddington, C. O. multiplex, 30 ft. high, the trunk 19 in. diameter, and the 

 diameter of the head 84 ft. In Nottinghamshire, in Clumber Park, the species is 36 ft. high. In Oxford- 

 shire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, C. O. rosea, 30 years planted, and 35ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, 

 at Golden Grove, the species, 30 years planted, is 20 ft. high, diameter of trunk 18 in., and of the head 

 30 ft., on limestone; C. O. multiplex, 30 years planted, and 30 ft. high ; C. O. rosea, 20 years planted, and 



28 ft. high ; and C. O. aurea, 20 years planted, and 15 ft. high. In Radnorshire, at Maeslough Castle, 



29 ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, C. O. multiplex, 10 years planted, and 18 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 9 ft. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, C. O. aurea, 26 

 years planted, and 13 ft. high; at Alton Towers, C. O. rosea, 8 .'years planted, and 13 ft. high; at 

 Wrottesley House, the species, 24 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, and 40 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 40 ft., in clayey loam on clay ; at Great Li- 

 vermere, C. O. r6sea, 35 years planted, and 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of 

 the head 34 ft. ; C. O. multiplex, 35 years planted, and 35 ft. high. In Warwickshire, in a field near 

 Rugby, there is a tree of the species, the branches of which are interwoven with one another like a 

 piece of network, and hang down to the ground on every side, covering a space of 40 ft. in diameter, 

 and the trunk of which is 5 ft. high, and 2 ft. 2 in. diameter, forming a singular and beautiful object ; 

 at Whitley Abbey, C. O. precox, 13 years planted, and 10 ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 

 the species, 20 years planted, is 25 ft. high ; and C. O. multiplex, 25 years planted, is 25 ft. high. 



C. Oxyacantha, and its Varieties, in Scotland. At Duddingston, near Edinburgh, is a tree of great 

 age, which, in 1818, was measured by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and found to be, at 3 ft. above the 

 root, 9 ft. in girt, and 12 ft. in girt a little way above the roots. This tree was measured for us, in 

 1836, by Mr. Barnet, curator of the Caledonian Horticultural Society's Garden : the total height is 

 43 ft., and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 44 ft. ; the girt, at 3 ft. above the root, 

 where it was measured by Sir T. Dick Lauder, is 9| ft., and a little way above the root 10± ft. At 

 Barnton there is an old tree of the species 40 ft. high ; diameter'of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the 

 ground, 3 ft. 6 in. ; and at 4 ft., 4ft. 1 in. ; diameter of the head 44 ft. At Hopetoun House there 

 is a tree of the species 20 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 10 in. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, 

 it is 26 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 27 ft. In Haddingtonshire, 

 at Tyningham, 110 years planted, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and cf the head 

 47ft, in light loam on clay; and C. O. multiplex, 73 years planted, is 30ft high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in., and of the head 26 ft. At Fountains Hall there is a fine thriving tree, 

 mentioned by Sir T. D. Lauder as having been produced from a hawthorn stake driven into a 

 dead hedge. {Laud. Gilp., 1. p. 196.) In Renfrewshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, C. O. rosea, 

 14 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; and C. O. multiplex, of the same age, 13 ft. high. In Angus- 

 shire, at Kinnaird Castle, the species, 120 years planted, is 45 ft. high, the diameter of trunk 35 in., 

 and of the head 40 ft, in sandy loam on clay; C. O. rbsea, 40 years planted, and 30 ft high. In 

 Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, the species, 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 35 years planted, and 30 ft. high. 



C. Oxyacantha, and its Varieties, in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Cypress Grove, 27 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 30 ft At Terenure, C. O. prae'cox and C. O. multiplex, 

 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Down, at Ballyleady, the species, 30 years planted, is 20ft high! 

 In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Galway, at Cool, 28 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 16 in., and of the head 47 ft, in loam on limestone. In Tyrone, at Barons' 

 Court, 28 ft high, with a head 60 ft. in diameter. 



C. Oxyacantha, and its Varieties, in Foreign Countries. In France, at the Petit Trianon, near 

 Versailles, 25ft. high; at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 48 years planted, and 25ft. high. In 

 Saxony, at Wo'rlitz, 36 years planted, and 25ft. high. In Prussia, in the Pfaueri Insel, 36 years 

 planted, and 24 ft high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 24 years planted, and 

 18 ft high. In Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, C. O. moniigyna, 22 ft high. In Italy, 

 at Monza, C. O. mon6gyna, 24 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; and the species of the same age, 14 ft' 

 high. 



Commercial Statistics, Plants, in the neighbourhood of London, cost as 

 follows : — One year's seedlings, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per 1000 ; two years' 

 seedlings, from 5s. to 6s. per 1000; transplanted plants, from 10s. to 15s. per 

 1000, according to their size. At Bollwyller, transplanted plants are 2 francs 

 per 100. At New York, the Crataegus Oxyacantha is not cultivated as a 

 hedge plant ; but the varieties are propagated in the nurseries, and cost from 

 25 cents to 50 cents each. 



§ xiii. Parvifblice. 



Sect. Char. Leaves small, ovate, serrated or notched, but scarcely lobed. 

 Fruit green, or greenish yellow ; rather large, hard. 



st 25. C. parvifo v lia Ait. The small-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Ait. Hort Kew., 2. p. 169. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Synonymes. Mespilus axillaris Pers. Syn., 2. p. 37. ; M. tomentbsa Poir. Diet., 4. p. 443. ; M. xan- 



thocarpos Lin. Fit. Suppl.,254!. ; M. parvifblia Wats. Dend. Brit. ; Crataegus tomentosa Lin. Sp. 



682., Trew Ehr.,t. 17. ; C. uniflbra Du Roi ; C. viridis, axillaris, fietulifolia, florida, linearis, Lodd. 



Cat. ; Gooseberry-leaved Thorn. 

 Engravings. Trew Ehr., t 17. ; Dend Brit, t 65. ; fig. 551. ; and fig. 614. in p. 867. 



Spec. Char., eye. Leaves oval-lanceolate, incisely serrated, pubescent. Flow- 

 ers mostly solitary. Branchlets and calyxes villose. Stipules bristle-like. 





