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commonly known as wild-thorn apple trees. The leaves are irreg- 
ularly heart-shaped, more or less lobed, and acutely serrated. 
The flowers are white, except in a few 
varieties, the fruit is larger than that of 
the hawthorn or cockspur species, and 
the growth is more free and vigorous. 
The fruit has a most agreeable perfume 
and flavor, but differs in quality and size 
on different trees almost as much as cul- 
tivated apples j and in autumn is orna- 
mental by reason of its bright red color. 
Though the trees have the same char- 
acteristic of low breadth as the other 
species, they have a less artificial or 
gardenesque kind of beauty than the 
cockspur thorns, and the foliage masses 
in larger divisions of light and shade. 
Fig. 144, page 438, shows a fine specimen of this family, drawn 
from nature on Mount Desert Island, Maine, which is about fifteen 
feet high and twenty-five feet in breadth. Fig. 150 represents 
another and larger form that some varieties assume at the west. 
There are hundreds of varieties of this species. The following are 
believed to be the most interesting : 
The Double-scarlet Thorn. C. coccinea fl ore plena. — This is 
a new variety, and said to excel all the others in beauty. Its flow- 
ers are unusually large, of a deep crimson color, with a scarlet 
shade, and very double. Foliage luxuriant and glossy. 
The Dotted-fruited Thorn, C. c. punctata aurea^ has yellow 
fruit, and grows to greater size than many other varieties. 
The Tansy-leaved Thorn. C. tena~ 
cetfolia celsiana. — A vigorous growing tree 
of fastigiate habit, and unusual size and 
beauty of foliage and fruit. Fig. 15 1 
shows the leaf. The fruit is yellow. 
The Fiery Thorn or Burning Bush. Cratcegiis pyracantha. 
— An evergreen or sub-evergreen shrub, of dense growth, with very 
Fig. 151. 
Fig. 150. 
