CRAT^'CtUS OXYCAN'THA. 
Oliveriana. 
Oliver’s hawthorn. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Order. 
DI-PENTAGYNA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
AsiaMinor 
20 feel . 
May, June. 
Tree. 
in 1820. 
No. 1112. 
For the meaning of Crattegus see No. 1059. 
Oliver’s Hawthorn has, by some authors, been 
described as a species, distinct from our common 
one— the Crataegus oxycantha ; it is however, hut 
one amongst its numerous varieties, although its 
downy foliage and black fruit, would seem to re- 
move it from a close relationship to that species. 
It is not the black-fruited plant of our own woods, 
having been raised from seeds, imported, it is said, 
from Asia Minor. 
From our own Hawthorn we have, however, a 
goodly number of named varieties, some of which 
we will mention, for the benefit of cultivators, viz. 
— The oak-leaved, wing-leaved, cut-leaved, purple- 
leaved, variegated-leaved ; rose-flowered, double- 
white, and double-red ; golden-fruited, orange- 
fruited, white-fruited ; pendulous-branched, zig- 
zag, upright, and others. These alone would form 
a moderate collection ; they would too, exhibit 
somewhat of the exuberance of Nature, when assi- 
duously brought forth by human agency. It should 
not be supposed that the Hawthorn, in this parti- 
cular, forms an exception to other trees or shrubs 
