. 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. Fig. 414. — Brown's Thorn. 25. ROUND-LEAVED THORN — Crataegus rotundifoUa (Ehrhart) Mcench Mespilus rotundijolia Ehrhart This species seems to range farther north than any other American thorn; it occurs in the rich, well-drained soil at the lower altitudes, par- ticularly along the coast from Newfoundland and Lake St. John, Quebec, south through New England and the Alleghany Mountains to northern Virginia and west to Wis
. 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. Fig. 414. — Brown's Thorn. 25. ROUND-LEAVED THORN — Crataegus rotundifoUa (Ehrhart) Mcench Mespilus rotundijolia Ehrhart This species seems to range farther north than any other American thorn; it occurs in the rich, well-drained soil at the lower altitudes, par- ticularly along the coast from Newfoundland and Lake St. John, Quebec, south through New England and the Alleghany Mountains to northern Virginia and west to Wisconsin and northern Illinois. It is a tree sometimes 7 meters high, but more often a beautiful round- topped shrub with ascending branches; the bark is dark red- brown, scaly; the twigs are red- brown, smooth, and bear many J"'"- 415-- Round-leaved Thorn, chestnut-brovrai curved spines 2 to 7 cm. long. The leaves are ovate-orbicular or obovate, 3 to 6 cm. long, 2 to 6 cm. wide, pointed or long-poiated at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, doubly toothed with. 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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