. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 4. CANBY'S THORN — Cratagns Canbyi Sargent Canby's thorn occurs from east- em Peimsylvania to the shores of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. It is a bushy tree, sometimes 6 meters high, with long, ascending branches, form- ing a broad, irregular head; the young twigs are brown, becoming light gray, and are armed with chest- nut-brown spines from 2 to 4 cm. long. The leaves are oblong-obovate, from to 8 cm. long and from 2 to
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 4. CANBY'S THORN — Cratagns Canbyi Sargent Canby's thorn occurs from east- em Peimsylvania to the shores of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. It is a bushy tree, sometimes 6 meters high, with long, ascending branches, form- ing a broad, irregular head; the young twigs are brown, becoming light gray, and are armed with chest- nut-brown spines from 2 to 4 cm. long. The leaves are oblong-obovate, from to 8 cm. long and from 2 to 6 cm. wide, pointed at apex, wedge- shaped at base, doubly toothed, sometimes lobed, leathery, smooth,. Fig. 393. — Canby's Thorn. dark green and shining above, paler and with conspicuous veins beneath; leaf-stalks. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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