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THE CRATAEGUS, OR THE THORNS. 
earliest in leafing. It is also called C. laciniata, 
and C. pteridifolia. 
C. Oxyacantha pendula,, Loddiges. — This 
has drooping branches, and tonus a very ele- 
gant tree. It is early in leaf, and has red 
Bruit. C. Oxyacantha regime, or Queen Mary's 
Thorn, is the same, or very similar. 
C Oxyacantha stricta, Loddiges. — Avery 
marked and distinct variety of a fastigiate 
habit, resembling the Lombardy Poplar. 
The fruit are red. It is also called C. 
Oxyacantha rigida. 
C. Oxyacantha rosea, of gardens. — This is 
the well-known, and universally admired, 
old-fashioned "Pink May." It is also called 
C. Oxyacantha rubra, and the Scarlet Thorn. 
C. Oxyacantha punicea, Loddiges. — Dif- 
fers from the last in having darker and richer 
coloured flowers. It is also called C. elegans, 
and C. Oxyacantha rosea supei'ba. 
C. Oxyacantha rosea fiore-pleno, of gar- 
dens. — A double flowered variety, of the same 
colour as the last, and, perhaps, may be re- 
garded the most beautiful when in blossom of 
all the Thorns. 
C. Oxyacantha melanocarpa, Fischer. — 
A l'obust and spreading tree, bearing black 
fruit. It is also called C. fissa, C. Oxyacantha 
platyphylla, C. platyphylla, C. incisa, and C. 
Oxyacantha incisa. 
C. Oxyacantha oxyphylla. — A very hand- 
some and distinct variety, found in a bed 
of seedlings, at Somerford Hall. The leaves 
are small, the habit very slender, diffuse, 
and somewhat pendulous. It is one of the 
most graceful and handsome kinds. 
There are many other seedling variations, 
almost without number. 
C. Douglasii, Lindley. (Douglas's Thorn.) 
— A native of North America : it is 
of erect habit, and very late in coming into 
leaf, and grows from 10 ft. to 15 ft. high. 
The leaves are obovate, with saw-like edges, 
shining ; in autumn they become leathery, 
and acrjuire a purplish cast. The flowers are 
white, borne in medium sized bunches in May, 
and are succeeded by the small dark purple 
fruit, which drop off soon after they become 
ripe. The spines vary considerably in length. 
Is is the same as C. punctata brevispina. 
C. apiifolta, Michaux. (The parsley- 
leaved Thorn.) — From the moist woods of 
Virginia and Carolina. The habit is weak 
and straggling; it is rather pendulous, growing 
from 10 ft. to 20 ft. high. The leaves are 
deltoid, cut into deep lobes. The flowers are 
medium sized, white, and are produced in 
small bunches in May and June. The fruit 
are scarlet. 
C apiifolid minor, Arb. Britt. — Differs 
from the last in being altogether smaller. 
It forms a most ornamental low bush, and 
when grafted, or budded standard high, 
produces a beautiful pendent small tree. 
Div.2. Leaves, lobed or laciniated. Spine- 
Jess. Fruit, small. 
C. HEXEROPHTLLA, Flugge. (The various 
leaved Thorn.) — A handsome fastigiate or 
pyramidal, dense-headed tree, from 10 ft. to 
20 ft. high. The leaves are usually lanceolate- 
cuneate, three cleft at the apex, but assume 
many other forms : they are, as well as the 
flowers, produced early in the spring, and to- 
gether with the fruit remain on the trees till 
very late in the autumn. The flowers are 
large, produced in May, very abundantly, but 
not in very large bunches. The fruit are of a 
rich crimson, narrower and longer than that 
of the common haw. It is also called C. 
neapolitana. 
C. nigra, Waldstein. (The black-fruited 
Thorn.) — A native of Hungary. It forms a 
rather large handsome tree, of somewhat fas- 
tigiate habit, growing from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high, 
and coming into leaf, in mild seasons, in 
February or March. When growing on its 
own roots it throws up a great number of 
suckers. The leaves are somewhat wedge- 
shaped, and sinuately lobed, whitish beneath. 
The flowers are white, small, produced in 
April or May, and borne only two or three in 
a bunch. The fruit are black. It is called 
also C. carpatica. 
C. purpurea, Bosc. (The purple branched 
Thorn.) — An upright, rigid, rather slow grow- 
ing tree, reaching about 10 ft. in height, with- 
out thorns, and having a few small branches, 
not densely clothed with leaves. It is from 
the Altaic mountains. The flowers are small, 
white, produced in bunches of medium size; 
it is interesting on account of its early 
flowering season, which is the beginning of 
April, it being the first to come into bloom, in 
the neighbourhood of London, after the 
Glastonbury Thorn. The fruit are small, 
round, and usually dark purple. It is some- 
times called C. sanguinea. C. altaica is a 
mere variety. 
C. Oliveriana, Bosc. (Oliver's Thorn.) — 
A distinct kind, with a spreading, rather strag- 
gling habit. The leaves are small, and pu- 
bescent, or downy ; the flowers are white, in 
moderate sized bunches ; the fruit are small, 
nearly black. It is called also C. olivasfolia, 
C. Oliveria, C. orientalis of Loddiges, and 
C. Oxyacantha Oliveriana. 
§ III. AronijE ; or, those species which 
acjree in general characters with Cratcegus 
Aronia. 
Div. 1. Leaves, incised, and pubescent. 
Sjiineless. Fruit, very large, red or yellow. 
C Aronia, Bosc. (The Ai-onia Thorn.) 
— A native of Greece and the Levant. It forms 
a thick and erect-growing small tree, from 
