. 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. 22. ASHE'S THORN — Crataegus Ashei Beadle Ashe's thom is known in the clay soils about Montgomery, Alabama. It is a tree sometimes 6 meters high, with ascending branches forming an oval top; the bark is hght gray or red-brown, be- coming scaly with age; the twigs are orange-brown or reddish brown, hairy, becoming hght gray, smooth, and pro- vided with slender, nearly straight spines 3 to 4 cm. long. The leaves are oblong-
. 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. 22. ASHE'S THORN — Crataegus Ashei Beadle Ashe's thom is known in the clay soils about Montgomery, Alabama. It is a tree sometimes 6 meters high, with ascending branches forming an oval top; the bark is hght gray or red-brown, be- coming scaly with age; the twigs are orange-brown or reddish brown, hairy, becoming hght gray, smooth, and pro- vided with slender, nearly straight spines 3 to 4 cm. long. The leaves are oblong-ovate or obo- vate, 2 to 8 cm. long, i to 6 cm. wide, abruptly long-pointed or pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, sharply toothed, sometimes doubly toothed, with erect teeth, hairy when young, the upper surface becoming simply rough with Fig. 412. — Ashe's 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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