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The Garden Magazine, April, 1921 
WHERE NATURE’S GEMS ARE KEPT 
Here on the fringe of a clearing to make way for the spreading town a native Hawthorn has been left to become a conspicuous 
garden ornament. What useless sacrifices are often made in the name of progress. (Crataegus durobrovensis at Rochester, N. Y.) 
rose-colored anthers, are followed by showy clusters of orange- 
red fruits from the end of September to the first of November. 
C. regain is a tree thirty to thirty-two feet, with ascending and 
spreading branches, and broadly oval to elliptic leaves, deep 
green and lustrous. The clusters of small flowers have ten 
stamens with yellow anthers, and the numerous clusters of small, 
orange-red fruits are conspicuous from the first of October to the 
end of November. The foliage remains in good condition until 
the end of November, when nearly all other Hawthorns are leaf- 
less. This handsome species is a native of Alabama and 
Georgia, and C. D. Beadle, its discoverer, predicted that “ it 
was destined to be a favorite in cultivation.” 
Virides Group. Crataegus nitida stands out prominently, 
as it is already a favorite in some New England gardens. A 
handsome tree thirty feet high, with leaves usually lanceolate 
in outline, and dark green above, its flowers produced in great 
profusion, and having fifteen to twenty stamens with yellow 
anthers. The scarlet fruits ripen in October and hang until the 
middle of November. The foliage assumes a handsome orange- 
red color in October. 
Pruinosae Group. This contains a large array of species 
but perhaps the type of the group, C. pruinosa, is one of the 
handsomest. It is often a small tree fifteen to twenty feet, 
with low-spreading horizontal branches forming a broad head. 
The large flowers, with twenty stamens and rose colored an- 
thers, are produced in small clusters. The clusters of angled 
fruit become orange-red in October. 
Medioximae Group. Crataegus Barryana is an arborescent 
shrub, twelve to fifteen feet, with low-spreading and partly 
ascending branches forming a broad, flattish head. Leaves 
broadly oval to ovate. The handsome flowers, on conspicuous 
corymbs, have from seven to ten stamens with purple anthers. 
The crimson-salmon fruits ripen in October and are very orna- 
mental until the first of December. 
Molles Group. Represented by numerous beautiful species 
that are excellent garden plants, C. Arnoldiana is typical. This 
is usually a small tree fifteen to twenty feet tall, with stout 
ascending branches, forming a distinct oblong head. The 
leaves, usually broadly ovate, are ample and distinctive. The 
showy large flowers, with ten stamens and cream-white anthers, 
are borne in large clusters. The large, handsome, crimson fruits 
in few-fruited clusters, ripen in August and fall about the end 
of September. In its early ripening, showy fruit this species 
takes an important place. C. arkansana is a tree twenty or 
more feet, with stout branches, spreading and ascending very 
irregularly, forming an open head. The oblong to oval leaves 
are conspicuously large on young shoots. The large blossoms, 
with twenty stamens and cream-yellow anthers, are produced in 
large clusters. The clusters of very showy, lustrous crimson 
fruits ripen about the end of September and are a conspicuous 
feature until the middle of November. C. champlainensis is a 
tree from twenty to twenty-five feet tall, with a trunk some- 
times from six to eight feet high. The leaves are usually ovate 
in outline. The flowers, with ten stamens and cream-white 
anthers, are borne in large clusters. The clusters of bright 
scarlet fruits are borne in great profusion, ripen about the mid- 
dle of September, hang on without loss of color until the middle 
of November, and cling to the branches long afterward in a 
shriveled condition. 
Coccinae Group. Crataegus gloriosa forms a tree from 
