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growth at the forest 
edges. Where the soil 
is to its hking it fre- 
quently becomes a nui- 
-sance as from its re- 
markably prolific 
fruiting it springs up 
wherever there is an 
| opening, often form- 
ing almost impenetra- 
ble thickets. 
The coloring of the 
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bright scarlet to dark 
red and from green 
to. yellow, the 
shapes and size, too, 
vary greatly. Some 
pear shaped, others spherical, while still others are angled 
showing distinctly the number of nutlets contained. The seeds or 
nutlets are of extreme hardness, and being indigestibie do not 
lose their germinating power when eaten by birds and animals. 
This accounts for their wide distribution and for their being 
found in unaccountable locations. 
Because of the haw- 
thorn’s ability to re- 
cover and thicken up 
after being browsed 
by cattle, it is fre- 
quently used for a 
hedge growth. One 
prominent  hnursery- 
man predicted to the 
writer that the time 
would come when it 
would be the most 
widely used tree for 
that purpose in Amer- 
ica. While ordinarily 
the hawthorn does not 
£row to great size, in- Photo by Orpheus M. Schantz 
dividual __ trees are THE HAWTHORN AS A SUMMER ASSET 
known with trunks of 
the diameter of two feet. Such trees have dense canopy tops and 
are wonderfully beautiful in spring, summer, autumn, and 
winter. In the denser forests among the taller trees, the form of 
growth is slender and irregular. 
At all times, however, one is impressed by the appearance of 
strength, vitality, and ability to thrive under hard conditions. 


Photo by Orpheus M. Schantz 
THE HAWTHORN AS A WINTER ASSET 





