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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1912 



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The Romance of Our Hawthorns 



{Continued from page 192) 



f^ SPISSIFLORA, is a tall arborescent shrub, 

 Lv • or a small tree, 15-20 feet high, with upright 

 branches, almost fastigiate, forming a dense oval 

 head. The 10-stamened flowers, with light rose 

 anthers, open from May 15 to 20. The large, full 

 subglobose, lustrous, bright scarlet fruits, on short 

 pedicels forming dense clusters, begin to assume 

 color about the middle of August, but are not fully 

 ripe until the middle of September, and fall about 

 the end of September. 



The next two species are in the Flabellatje group, 

 which are mostly characterized by large fan-like 

 leaves, and corymbs less hairy than in the Molles 

 group. C. gloriosa assumes the dimensions of a tree 

 20-30 feet high with tortuous ascending and spread- 

 ing branches, which often forms a dense compact 

 head. The leaves are ovate-oval, rounded at the 

 base, markedly convex by the folding of the leaves 

 toward the mid-ribs. The 7-10 stamened flowers 

 with blush-colored anthers, on hair}' corymbs, open 

 about May 20. The very large, obovate-oblong, 

 lustrous bright scarlet fruits, ripen about the first 

 of September and fall toward the end of the month. 

 The fruits are always distinguished by a mammillate 

 process at the base, and at the insertion of the 

 pedicel. Dr. Sargent alludes to this species as one 

 of the handsomest of the hawthorns of the north- 

 western United States. When laden with its hand- 

 some fruits it is certainly a cynosure where it occurs. 



C. pedicillala has already been described. 



The two following species are in the group Medi- 

 oxamae: C. Barryana, an arborescent shrub 15-18 

 feet high with ascending and spreading branches. 

 The leaves broadly ovate, rounded to subcordate at 

 the base. The 10-stamened flowers, with rose an- 

 thers, on perfectly smooth corymbs, open about 

 May 25. The short oblong dark scarlet pruinose 

 fruits, depressed at both ends, ripen about the 

 middle of October and continue without loss of 

 color, until about the first of December. 



C. s-pntlens is an upright branching arborescent 

 shrub 15-20 feet tall. The branches are usually 

 fastigiate. The broadly ovate leaves have a triangu- 

 lar outline, and they are usually deeply cordate 

 at the base. The 10-stamened flowers, with purple 

 red anthers, on smooth corymbs, flower about May 

 20th. The short, oblong red fruits, slightly tapering 

 at the base, and broad at the apex, ripen about 

 the end of September, and fall about the first of 

 November. 



In the Intricata group is C. jcetida (the specific 

 name has no particular application), an arborescent 

 shrub 10-15 f ee t high, with very intricate tortuous 

 spreading, and ascending branches. The ovate to 

 oval leaves are rounded to truncate at the base, and 

 concave by the leaves slightly folding upwards. 

 The 10-stamened flowers, with white anthers, on 

 glabrous corymbs, which when they are unfolding 

 have numerous densely glandular bracts, open about 

 June 5th. The subglobose to short-oblong fruits, 

 brownish red, ripen about the first of October and 

 fall about the first of November. 



In the Dilatata? group, which so far contains 

 very few species, we have C. Durobravensis described 

 above and need not be repeated. 



The last species is in the Virides group. C. 

 nitida is often a tree 30 feet high, with stout spread- 

 ing and erect upper branches, forming an irregular 

 head. The leaves are lanceolate to oblong — obo- 

 vate, cuniate and tapering at the base. The 15-20 

 stamened flowers, with white anthers, on smooth 



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