. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. 136 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. has a similar fruit, and a singularly long, dark-green leaf, thick, and almost evergreen. This tree or shrub grows sometimes 20 feet high, and is found (it is not very common) from Virginia southward. It flowers in May. Tall Hawthorn. The tall hawthoi'n is a Gratrngmmriah. Southom tree, 20 to 35 feet high, whose leaf is most frequently undivided, and rather pointed at each end. Its bright-red fruit is ovoid, and not over a quarter of an inch broad. The branches bear a few large thorns or none at all. This variety i
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. 136 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. has a similar fruit, and a singularly long, dark-green leaf, thick, and almost evergreen. This tree or shrub grows sometimes 20 feet high, and is found (it is not very common) from Virginia southward. It flowers in May. Tall Hawthorn. The tall hawthoi'n is a Gratrngmmriah. Southom tree, 20 to 35 feet high, whose leaf is most frequently undivided, and rather pointed at each end. Its bright-red fruit is ovoid, and not over a quarter of an inch broad. The branches bear a few large thorns or none at all. This variety is rare in the extreme Southeastern States, but is com- mon west of the Mississippi Eiver, from St. Louis southward to the Colorado Eiver, Texas. It grows beside streams or in low, rich soil. Parsley-leaved The parsley-leaved thorn has a beau- Thom. tiful, deeply cut leaf, Crat<,^iifoUa. g^j^ewhat similar tO that of the English hawthorn; the divisions are irregularly toothed and crowded together. The flowers ap- pear in late May; they are white, about half an inch in diameter, and there are many in a cluster. The fruit is rather long ovoid in shape and less than half an inch in Tall Parsley-leaved Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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