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and are borne on short stout stalks, slightly winged at the apex. 
The flowers, with ten stamens and rose-colored anthers, are 
borne in large corymbs. 1'he roundish sub-globose fruits are 
produced in great abundance, and are lustrous crimson; they are 
ripe about the first of October and hang on without shrinkage or 
loss of color until the middle or end of November. An amateur 
in the study of Hawthorns could soon detect this species. 
all other species of the genus. Unfortunately this beautiful 
tree has not yet proved hardy in the Arboretum, but it well de- 
serves a place in every southern garden. 
Douglasiana Group. The species in this Group are con- 
fined to the north-western states and to the southern Rocky 
Mountains, and the two species should be grown in gardens 
for their handsome black fruit. The type, C. Douglasii, is a 
AN ANCIENT MONARCH 
Recently sacrificed to make room for a new dwelling this fine Thorn, Crataegus gloriosa, had stood 
perhaps a hundred years, blossoming and fruiting in unappreciated glory. Is there any more handsome 
group of shrubs or small trees for garden use? Slow growing, it is true, but often that’s an advantage 
Brachyacantha Group. This has only two species, C. 
saligna from the mountain regions of Colorado and C. brachya- 
cantha of Louisiana and eastern Texas. The latter is a large 
tree with wide-spreading branches, lustrous leaves, small 
creamv-white flowers produced in innumerable many-flowered 
clusters, and large, bright blue fruit which distinguishes it from 
common tree in Washington and Oregon, and in the Arboretum 
has grown to twice the size of any other Hawthorn in the col- 
lection. C. rivularis in its lustrous black fruits when fully ripe, 
is one of the most interesting of the black fruited Hawthorns 
in the collection in the Rochester Parks. 
Tomentosae Group. One hundred and nine species have 
