CRAT^'GUS OXYACAN'THA. 
Var, puniceo flore pleno. 
HAWTHORN. 
Double scat-let variety. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Order. 
DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEA. ^ 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Inhabits 
Britain. 
15 feet. 
May, June. 
Tree. 
hedges. 
No. 953. 
The word, Crataegus, of the ancient Greeks, used 
by Theophrastus, was deduced from kratus, 
strength; and the hardness and strength of its 
wood fully warrant the appellation. Oxyacantha, 
signifying a sharp spine, was used for the same 
plant by Dioscorides, hence both names have been 
retained. Haw, is a word that has been transmit- 
ted to us from the Saxons, as a name for the fruit 
of the Crataegus ; whence, of course, comes Haw- 
thorn, as a name for the plant. 
Notwithstanding the introduction, of late years, 
of numerous species of Hawthorn, possessing much 
beauty, these shrubs are comparatively neglected. 
It is well observed in the Arboretum Britannicum, 
that “Of all the deciduous ligneous plants in culti- 
vation in British gardens, there is not one which, 
taking it altogether, can be compared with the 
genus Crataegus. All the species may be trained 
either as small, handsome, exceedingly picturesque 
trees; or as beautiful and picturesque shrubs, at 
the pleasure of the cultivator. They have all a 
characteristic, neat, orderly manner of growth ; 
neither so slow as to convey the idea of want ol 
