. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE HAWTHORN. Crataegus oxyacantha. the "milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale" had, as a literary subject, been " un- attempted yet in prose or rhyme," the temptation would at this moment be too strong to be re- sisted. But turn to the books, dear reader, and see that whoever could say or sing something in its praise has made the most of his advantage. The history of the thorn has in consequence grown to vast proportions. We may therefore devote the small space at our disposal to a new essay on
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE HAWTHORN. Crataegus oxyacantha. the "milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale" had, as a literary subject, been " un- attempted yet in prose or rhyme," the temptation would at this moment be too strong to be re- sisted. But turn to the books, dear reader, and see that whoever could say or sing something in its praise has made the most of his advantage. The history of the thorn has in consequence grown to vast proportions. We may therefore devote the small space at our disposal to a new essay on the place of the thorn in the garden; and we begin by V*^*" ^11 <^~'^ saying that the double variety here figured represents a very important and splendid section of thorns that, in the most proper sense of the term, may be described as pictorial and garden trees. It may be said of the thorns that they are more ac- commodating than any equally handsome class of hardy 4I. 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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