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Cotoneaster baccilaris, Wa//ich. ‘* Has obovate leaves and many-flowered 
cymes. It is a native of Kumaon.”’ Has produced some varieties, 
Cotoneaster buxifolia, /Va//ich. Box-LEAVED CoTONEASTER. A white- 
flowered evergreen with ovate leaves, which are woolly on the under surface. 
From Neelgherry, in India. Hardy in England, where its beauty is much 
praised, 
Cotoneaster frigida, Wallich. (Pyrus Nussia, Don.) A hardy, tall 
shrub with white flowers and bright-red fruit; leaves elliptical, thick woolly 
on the under surface when young; branchlets woolly. From colder parts of 
India. 
Cotoneaster laxiflora, ¥acguin. Leaves oblong, blunt at either end, smooth 
_above and woolly on the under surface. Flowers pink. 
* Cotoneaster vulgaris, Zind/ey, COMMON COTONEASTFR. Native of 
Siberia and the colder parts of Europe. Hardy. Flowers white or flesh- 
colored; fruit reddish, roundish ; deciduous leaves an inch long. 
* Cotoneaster microphylla, Wallich. SMALL-LEAVED COTONEASTER. 
Flowers white; berries scarlet; small, leathery leaves an intense green. A 
very handsome shrub. 
Crategus. HAwTnHorNn. Stone-fruited trees or shrubs with thorny branches 
and flowers in flat-topped clusters terminating the branchlets; leaves deeply 
toothed or lobed and toothed; cells of the ovary as many as the styles, which 
are I, 2,or 5. Fruit of some species eaten by boys and birds. 
Crategus estivalis, Zorrey and Gray. SUMMER HAw. Small tree from 
the Southern States; with ovate leaves, which are thick, wedge-shaped towards 
the base, and somewhat bluntly toothed above the middle; flowers I to 6 ina 
cluster; acid fruit large, red, and juicy, “ used for tarts.” 
Crategus apiifolius, J/ichaux. PARSLEY-LEAVED THORN. A small tree, 
native from Virginia south; smooth downy when young; leaves with a broad 
or heart-shaped base, deeply 5- to 7-cleft, lobes sharply cut-toothed; ovoid 
fruit deep red; “ flowers rather large.” 
Crategus coccinea, Zinn@us. SCARLET-FRUITED THORN. Flowers 
large, 3¢ inch across, many in a cluster; ovoid fruit % inch across, bright red 
or scarlet; leaves ovate, slightly lobed, but with many sharp teeth. Has several 
varieties. 
Crategus cordata, Aiton. WASHINGTON THORN. Small tree from the 
States south of us; with many small 5-styled flowers in a flat-topped cluster ; 
fruit bright red, { inch or less in size; leaves triangular or heart-shaped, 
variously 3- to 5-cleft-toothed. Used as a hedge-plant. 
Crategus Crus-galli, Zinmeus. CockspUR THORN. Native shrub or 
small tree, very thorny, valuable as a hedge-plant; leaves thick, firm, lanceo- 
late or obovate, deep green, and toothed above the middie; flowers large; 
fruit edible, bright red. 
Crategus flava, Aiton. YeLLow Haw. Small tree from Virginia south- 
ward; flowers rather large, few in a cluster; fruit slightly pear-shaped, yellow- 
