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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
The Thorn Tree. Crategus. 
Nat. Ord. Rosaceae. Lin. Syst. Icosandria, Di-pentagynia, 
A tree, of the smallest size ; but though many of the 
sorts attain only the stature of ordinary shrubs, yet some 
of our native species, as well as the English Hawthorn 
(C. oxycantha), when standing alone, will form neat, 
spreading-topped trees, of twenty or thirty feet in height. 
Although the thorn is not generally viewed among us 
as a plant at all conducive to the beauty of scenery, yet 
we are induced to mention it here, and to enforce its 
claims in that point of view, as they appear to us highly 
entitled to consideration. First, the foliage — deep green, 
shining, and often beautifully cut and diversified in form 
— is prettily tufted and arranged upon the branches ; 
secondly, the snowy blossoms — often produced in such 
quantities as to completely whiten the whole head of the 
tree, and which in many sorts have a delightful perfume 
— present a charming appearance in the early part of the 
season ; and thirdly, the ruddy crimson or purple haws or 
fruit, which give the whole plant a rich and glowing 
appearance in and among our fine forests, open glades, or 
wild thickets, in autumn. 
The most ornamental and the strongest growing 
indigenous kinds are the Scarlet Thorn tree ( C . coccinea), 
and its varieties, the Washington Thorn ( C . populifolia), 
and the Cockspur Thorn (C. crus-galli) ; all of which, in 
good soil, will grow to the height of twenty or thirty feet, 
and can readily be transplanted from their native sites. 
The English Hawthorn is not only a beautiful small 
tree, but it is connected in our minds with all the elegant, 
