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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Crataegus cordata, Aiton. 



Southern States of North America. Also much employed 

 for hedges. 



Crataegus Crus-Galli, Linne. 



North America. The Cockspur-Thorn. Regarded as one of 

 the best species for hedges. Spines long and stout. 



Crataegus Oxyacantha, Linne. 



Europe, North Africa, North and West Asia. The ordinary 

 Hawthorn or Whitethorn. Recorded here as one of the most 

 eligible among deciduous hedge-plants. 



Crataegus parvifolia, Alton. 



North America. For dwarf hedges. Spines long, slender, 

 sharp and numerous. 



Crataegus pyracantha, Persoon. 



The Firethorn. South Europe. This species is evergreen, 

 It is likewise adapted for hedges, but slower in groAvth than 

 Hawthorn, but not difficult to rear. 



Crataegus tomentosa, Linne. 



North America. Fruit edible. By the species mentioned 

 the list of American Hedgethorns is probably not yet 

 exhausted. 



Crithmum maritimum, Limie. 



The real Samphire. Sea-shores of Middle and South Europe, 

 North Africa and the Orient. A perennial herb. Settlers on 

 the coast might readily disseminate and naturalize it. It is 

 held to be one of the best plants for pickles, the young leaves 

 being selected for that purpose. 



Crocus sativuSj Linne. 



The Dye-Saifron. South Europe and Orient. The stigmata 

 of this particular autumnal flowering Crocus constitute the 

 costly dye substance. The best is collected from the flowers, 

 just as they daily open in succession. At our stage of colo- 

 nisation it would not be remunerative to grow Safii'on com- 

 mercially; but as the plant is well adapted for our clime, it 

 might be j)lanted out into various unoccupied mountain locali- 

 ties, with a final view to naturalise it, and to render it thus 

 available at a later period from native sources. 



Crocus serotinus, Salisbury. (C. odorus, Bivona.) 



South Europe. Also this species produces Safii'on rich in 

 pigment. The bulbs of several are edible. 



Crotalaria Burhia, Hamilton. 



Beludschistan, Affghanistan, Scinde. The perennial herb 

 grows in arid places and yields like the following Sunn-fibre. 



