NAT. ORDER. POMACES. 
spect than admired for the profusion and elegant disposition of its 
corymbs of flowers along the sides of the branches, forming perfect 
garlands. 
The common May Hawthorn, as it is usually called, with its 
snow-white blossoms, ranged along each spray, is admired by every 
body ; but how much more attractive is this scarce and splendid 
variety, combining the intense coloring of the rose with the delicate 
elegance of the kalmia. The early history of this ornamental plant 
is somewhat imperfect. Its first introduction into the flower-garden 
was about twenty years ago ; and, though it has been extensively 
propagated in some parts of England, and, no doubt, elsewhere, it 
does not appear to have been noticed, nor so extensively planted as 
it deserves. 
Propagation and Culture. This species of Hawthorn is best 
fitted for shrubberies or plantations ; but will not grow under the 
drip of trees, and, therefore, in a profitable point, is only to be con- 
sidered valuable as affording impenetrable, close, durable, and easily 
raised fences, called quick-set hedges, and it bears clipping to any 
extent. The timber of such plants as grow single, and attain a tol- 
erable size, is valued by the millwright and turner, and the roots by 
the cabinet-maker. It is often spoiled, Sang observes, through inat- 
tention after cutting. If it be allowed in entire logs or trunks, it 
soon heats and becomes quite brittle and worthless. It therefore 
ought to be cut up immediately into planks, and laid to dry. The 
thorn will not thrive in a wet soil, nor one very hard and poor, much 
elevated or much shaded : a free, deep loam, in an airy situation, 
suits it best. The seeds or haws of the thorn do not vegetate until 
the second year after sowing, unless they have been laid up in a 
heap mixed with earth, immediately after gathering, and turned 
several times, and sown in a bed the next spring : under such treat- 
ment many of them will vegetate the same year. The plants should 
remain in the seed-bed for two years, and afterwards planted out in 
nursery rows, where they may remain for two or three years before 
