. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. COCK-SPUR THORN. NEWCASTLE THORN. Crakpf/iis Crus-(/aIli Fig. 285. Mature leaves and fruit ; leafless l)ranchlet in late autumn. 286. Trunk with leaves and fruit at base, near Albany, N. Y. 287. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. ITaxdbook of Tkkks of tiik Xortitkkx States axd Caxada. Tlie Cock-Spur Tliorn is ;i low wido-sprcad-ing tree with Inw^ tortuous liorizoutal ordrooping and wry thorny liranclics. tormin,!, ;ilow broad top, sei(h)in more than iO or height. Iiie sho
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. COCK-SPUR THORN. NEWCASTLE THORN. Crakpf/iis Crus-(/aIli Fig. 285. Mature leaves and fruit ; leafless l)ranchlet in late autumn. 286. Trunk with leaves and fruit at base, near Albany, N. Y. 287. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. ITaxdbook of Tkkks of tiik Xortitkkx States axd Caxada. Tlie Cock-Spur Tliorn is ;i low wido-sprcad-ing tree with Inw^ tortuous liorizoutal ordrooping and wry thorny liranclics. tormin,!, ;ilow broad top, sei(h)in more than iO or height. Iiie short trunk randy exceeds 10or 12 ill. ill diameter and is n)iigli with scalygray-brown liaik. It is one of tiie most strik-ing and ornamental representatives of its genuson account of its thick sliiiiing dark-greenleaves. The luster of those is seldom tariiishcdby insect or hliglit. and they preserve a fresh-ness throughout the season which is unsur-passed by till leaves of any otiier tree. T\\vample bunches of handsome llowers ap])eirafter the leaves are fully grown, and tlien tlctree is an object of rare beauty. It is perhapsmore extensively planted both in th
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