CRATiE'GUS TANACETIFO'LIA. 
TANSY-LEAVED AZAROLE. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA. DI-PE NTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACE 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Greece. 
15 feet. 
May, June. 
Tree. 
in 1789. 
No. 1234. 
The Greek word kratos, strength, is the source 
whence this hard wooded tree received its name. 
It formerly belonged to the genus Mespilus, but 
on the revision of the Order Rosacese, this and some 
others were transferred to Crataegus. It can but be 
matter of regret to all who are acquainted with this 
Hawthorn and several similarly fine species, that 
they are rarely seen in the parks and extensive shrub- 
beries of the nobility and gentry of this country. 
Crataegus tanacetifolia claims the attention of the 
scholar for its classical associations, being, as it is, a 
native of the loftiest mountains of Greece ; and to 
those who can only admire it for its own sake, its 
highly fragrant flowers in spring, and bright yellow 
fruit in autumn, offer of themselves no mean attrac- 
tion. Excepting that of Crataegus aronia and Mex- 
icana, the fruit of this species is the largest of the 
genus ; its melon-like, ribbed shape, and the bracteas 
which form little wings, and are very usually found 
on it, prominently distinguish it from all others. 
Although the fruit is not very pleasant to English 
palates, it is said to be extensively eaten by some of 
the inhabitants of the Levant. 
