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pagate them of suckers, of which they put forth enough, as also of sets, CHAP. X. 

 and may be budded with great improvement. They delight in reason- 

 ably good stiff ground, rather inclining to cold than over hot; for 

 in places which are too dry, they never bear kindly. The Torminalis 

 (so called for its effects against gripings in the bowels) is the kind most 

 frequent with us ; for those of the narrower and less-indented leaf, are 



5. CRATAEGUS (azarolus ) foliis obtusis subtrifidis sub-dentatis. Lin. Sp. PI. 683. — 

 Service with obtuse, trifid, indented leaves. Mespilus Apii folio laciniato. C. B. P. 453. — 

 Commonly called l'azarole. 



This grows naturally in Italy and the Levant, where the fruit is served up to table with the 

 desert ; it has a strong stem, rising twenty feet high, having many birong irregular branches, 

 covered with a light-coloured bark ; the leaves are in shape somewhat like those of the 

 common Hawthorn, but are much larger, have broader lobes, and are of a aler colour ; the 

 flowers come out in small clusters from the side of the branches, and are in shape like those 

 of the common Hawthorn, but much larger; as is also the fruit, which when fully ripe, has 

 an agreeable acid taste, for which it is esteemed by the inhabitants of the countries where 

 it grows naturally. The following are varieties of this species ; Azarole, with strong thorns ; 

 Azarole, with no thorns ; Jagged-leaved Azarole ; Oriental Medlar. 



6. CRAT^GUS CoxyacanthaJ foliis obtusis subtrifidis serratis. Lin. Sp. PI. 683. — 

 Service with obtuse, trijid, sawed leaves. Mespilus, Apii folio, sylvestris spinosa, s. Oxyacantha. 

 C. B. P. •iS*. The common white-thorn^ 



This useful and well-known species forms the hedges that surround the cultivated lands of this 

 kingdom, making an impenetrable fence when orderly and regularly attended to. It has the 

 following varieties : The Large Scarlet Hawthorn ; the Yellow Haw ; the White Haw ; the 

 Maple-leaved Hawthorn ; the Double-blossomed Hawthorn ; and the Glastonbury Thorn. 

 The Large Scarlet Hawthorn is a beautiful variety of the common Haw. Its fruit 

 is exceedingly large, oblong> perfectly smooth, and of a bright scarlet. The Yellow Haw 

 is a most exquisite plant. The buds at their first coming out in the spring, are of a fine 

 jellow, and the fruit is of a golden colour. The tree is a great bearer, and retains its fruit 

 all winter, which makes it acceptable in plantations of every kind. It was originally brought 



from Virginia, and no collection of hardy trees should be without it. The White Haw 



is but a paltry tree, when compared with the former. It hardly ever grows to the height 

 of the Common Hawthorn, is an indiiferent bearer, and the fruit is small, and of a very bad 

 white, — The Maple-leaved Hawthorn will grow to be near twenty feet high, and has very few 

 thorns. The leaves are larger than the Common Hawthorn, resembling those of the Maple, 

 and are of a whitish green colour. The flowers are produced in large bunches, in June, and 

 are succeeded by a remarkable fruit, of a shining red, which looks beautiful in the winter. 

 The Double-blossomed Hawthorn produces a full flower, and is one of the sweetest 

 ornaments in the spring. Nature seems to have peculiarly designed this sort for the 

 pleasure-garden ; for though it be the common Hawthorn only, with the flowers doubled, 

 yet it may be kept down to what size the owner pleases ; so that it is not only suitable for 



wilderness quarters, shrubberies, and the like, but it is also proper for small gardens, where • 

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