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| | |type has white flowers and
| | |bright red fruits as large
| | |as a small Crab apple.
| | |Another form has smaller
| | |deep ruby-red fruits.
| | |Brevispina, striata, and
| | |xanthocarpa are varieties,
| | |the last mentioned with
| | |bright yellow fruits.
| | |
*C. Pyracantha |South Europe, |White |An evergreen Thorn.
(Fiery Thorn) |in hedges and | |Introduced in 1629, and a
|rough ground | |well known shrub. Its
| | |charms consist in its dense
| | |glossy leaves and brilliant
| | |masses of scarlet berries.
| | |It can be grown as a bush
| | |or trained up a wall or
| | |trellis. It is so brilliant
| | |when in fruit that the
| | |French call it buisson
| | |ardent, or Burning Bush.
| | |This Thorn should be more
| | |grown as a bush, and not
| | |confined as it usually is
| | |to a south wall. As the
| | |fruits are bitter they are
| | |not cared for by the birds,
| | |and thus make a display
| | |through the winter.
| | |Laelandi is a variety with
| | |larger and deeper coloured
| | |fruits.
| | |
C. sanguinea |Siberia