HAWTHORN. 



CRAT^GUS. 



ROSACExE. ICOSANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



French, neflier ; Italian, lazerolo. 



In addition to the common Hawthorn, or White-thoni, 

 so deservedly admired as one of the earhest and greatest 

 ornaments of our hedges in the spring, and one of the 

 latest in the autumn (for the berries are perhaps even 

 more beautiful than the blossoms ; not to mention the 

 numbers of warbhng guests that sit upon the boughs, 

 and feed on them), our plantations boast of several 

 American species, which, though none, perhaps, can vie 

 with our own in beauty, serve to make an agreeable 

 variety. 



The Great American, or Scarlet Fruited Hawthorn, 

 Cratcegus coccinea, grows about twenty feet high in this 

 country ; the flowers are large, come out in large clusters, 

 and make a handsome show in the month of May : these 

 are succeeded by a large pear-shaped fruit, of a brilliant 

 scarlet colour, which ripens in September. The leaves 

 in the autumn turn to a brown red. This was first 

 cultivated in England by Mr, J. Robert in 1696. 



The Great-fruited Hawthorn, Cratcegus punctata, was 

 introduced here in 1746, by Archibald, Duke of Argyle, 

 Its fruit is orange-red, dotted with brown ; it has no 

 thorns. 



The blossoms of the Woolly-leaved Hawthorn are 



