dsomer. It is a small
| |small red |tree, 15 feet high, with
| |mark at |spreading head, and large
| |the base |firm leaves slightly woolly
| |of each |on the back; the flowers
| |petal |are large, and succeeded by
| | |bright-crimson,
| | |medium-sized fruit.
| | |
C. nigra |Eastern Europe |White; |This makes a fair-sized
| |May |tree, and has small black
| | |fruit. The foliage is very
| | |abundant, deeply cut, and
| | |woolly on both sides. It
| | |almost hides flowers and
| | |fruit.
| | |
*C. orientalis |Europe |White; |A handsome Thorn in fruit.
| |May |It is a small flat-topped
| | |tree, and has large
| | |clusters of flowers, the
| | |oval fruits being yellowish
| | |red. Sanguinea is a very
| | |showy variety, with deep
| | |ruby-red fruits, but the
| | |scarlet colour of the type
| | |is brighter.
| | |
*C. Oxyacantha |Widely |White; |Too well known to describe.
(Hawthorn, White |distributed, |May |It has been divided into
Thorn, May) |Europe, Western | |two sub-species, viz. C.
|Asia, and North | |monogyna in which there is
|Africa | |usually only one style in
| | |the flowers and one seed in
| | |the fruit, and C.
| | |oxyacanthoides