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(^lorsicaii— Light pink, (|uiIl(Ml petals, aiKMiioiH'-flow- 
ered. 
Daisy—Tall, extra-large, single, white, yellow eenter. 
Eleanor—Fiinhriated flower, j)ure white petals, lai'ge, 
noticeable yelhnv center when fully open. 
Eva—Large, true anemone flower, lose-pink. 
Freiny—Beautiful terra cotta, large, full flower of 
great beauty. 
(llobe (I’Or—Large, bushy, clear lemon-yellow. 
(lloriosa—Large, double, wine colored, pencilled white. 
Suggests cactus dahlia. 
Golden Gate—Large, semi-double, bright yellow, full 
center. 
Golden Mile. Martha—Small, double, clear orange yel¬ 
low. 
Golden Pheasant—Small, rich, yellow, reddish-brown 
center, 
Henrietta—Bronze, yellow edge. 
Hindu—Semi-double, scarlet-bronze, yellow center. 
Julia Lagravere—Large, rich, velvety maroon. 
Kadar—Mottled crimson and garnet. Early, a start¬ 
ling, vivid flower. 
Lady Naylor—Large, double, soft LaFrance pink. 
Ladysmith—Large, rosy-like, tinged salmon. A beau¬ 
tiful flower. 
Lilia—Double, rich, velvety scarlet. Tall. 
Model—Small, round, pure white. Early. Flowers in 
cluster. 
Mrs. Porter—Good, bright bronze. 
Nellie Rainsford—Red in bud, opening straw-tipped 
and suflTised red. 
Radiance—Semi-double, light pink, shaded darker. 
Yellow center. 
Souer Melaine—Large, pure white. Splendid. 
Strathmeath—Large, clear pink. 
Sunset—Medium, single scarlet, clear yellow center. 
A striking flower. 
Triumph d’Or—Bright yellow', large flow^er. Tall. 
Double. 
Yellow' Gem—Pure yellow', large, full flowers, 2 in. 
across. 
NOTES FROM ARNOLD ARBORETUM 
Some American Hawthorns. Among American Haw¬ 
thorns are many sjiecies which are of exceptional value 
for the beauty of their abundant flowers, their bright- 
colored fruits and the brilliancy of their autumn foliage. 
A number of these plants can now' be seen to advantage 
on the bank between the Shrub Collection and the Boston 
Parkway, and are best reached by the path leading to the 
right from just inside the Forest Hills gate. These 
plants w'ere raised at the Arboretum from seed mostly 
planted between 1880 and 1885, and are therefore less 
than forty years old. None of these trees, however, 
have reached anything like their maximum size but are 
large enough to show their habit of growth and their 
character as garden ornaments. Haw thorns are usually 
long-lived plants, and individuals a hundred years old 
are not uncommon; and, athough it takes several years 
to produce a good Hawthorn collection, once established 
the plants will go on improving and last for a long time. 
Hawthorns are easily raised from seeds which require 
Iw'o years in which to germinate. Large specimens 
are easily transplanted, and all the species thrive in any 
well-drained soil. Growing naturally, the species are 
most abundant in those parts of the country where the 
soil is impregnated with lime, and they are therefore 
particularly suited to give beauty to the parks and gar¬ 
dens of a large part of the United States w here the pres¬ 
ence of lime and the character of the climate jirevent the 
cultivation of several classes of plants on wdiich the gar¬ 
deners of the coast region of fhe continent depend. 
Crataegus nitida. This is a native of the bottom¬ 
lands of the Mississippi River near East St. Louis where 
it sometimes grows thirty feet high and forms a tall 
straight trunk. The w ide-siueading low er branches and 
the erect upper branches form a broad, rather open un- 
symmetrical head. The leaves are long and compara¬ 
tively narrow', and those near the ends of the branches 
are often deeply lobed; they are dark green and very lus¬ 
trous, and turn yellow', orange or red late in October. 
The flowers are not more than three-ijuarters of an inch 
in diameter, and the scarlet oblong fruit rarely exceeds 
the length of half an inch. The flow'ers and fruit, how'- 
ever, are produced in great profusion; and, although 
many species have larger flowers and handsomer fruits, 
the habit of this tree, its beautiful foliage and its autumn 
color make C. mtida one of the handsomest Thorn trees. 
Many jiersons indeed place it with the six or eight most 
beautiful species of the genus. 
Crataegus pruinosa. There is a good plant of this 
w idely distributed eastern species on the bank. It is a 
small, round-topped tree with wide, dark blue-green, 
lobed leaves which late in the autumn turn dull orange 
or orange and red. The flowers are an inch in diameter 
in few-flowered clusters, and very conspicuous from the 
large, deep rose-colored anthers of the tw'enty stamens. 
The fruit, which is often nearly an inch in diameter, is 
nearly globose, bright blue-green covered with a glau¬ 
cous bloom, and live-angled at the end of September; 
later it loses its angles, turns orange color and finally be¬ 
comes dark purplish red and very lustrous. Both when 
it is in flow'er and w'hen the fruit is red this is a very or¬ 
namental plant. 
Crataegus aprica. There are two plants of this 
species in this collection. They are interesting as rep¬ 
resenting a peculiar group of the genus {Flavae) which 
is confined to the southeastern United States. C. aprica 
is a tree sometimes twenty feet high in the low valleys of 
the southern Appalachian Mountains wdiich are its home. 
This jilant is attractive just now^ for the small leaves 
have turned bright orange and red and the branches are 
thickly covered w ith its small clusters of dull orange- 
red fruits. These plants w'ere raised from seed presented 
to the Arboretum in 1876 by Asa Gray as Crataegus coc- 
cinea, the name by w'hich most red-fruited American 
Hawthorns were known until the systematic study of the 
genus was undertaken some twenty years ago. 
Crataegus coccinioides. There is a good plant of this 
Thorn in this collection. It is a round-topped densely 
branched tree with broad, thin, dark green, ovate, lobed 
leaves from two to three inches long which are now' 
bright orange and scarlet. The large flowers are pro- 
