. 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. 408. — Boynton's Thorn. 19. WAXY THORN — Crataegus pniinosa (Wendland) K. Koch MespUus pruinosa Wendland This species occurs in the Thou- sand islands, thence southward through western New England to the foothills of the southern Appalachians and westward to southern Wisconsin and Missouri. It is a tree sometimes 6 meters high, with ascending branches forming an irregular crown, or per- haps more often a shrub with n
. 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. 408. — Boynton's Thorn. 19. WAXY THORN — Crataegus pniinosa (Wendland) K. Koch MespUus pruinosa Wendland This species occurs in the Thou- sand islands, thence southward through western New England to the foothills of the southern Appalachians and westward to southern Wisconsin and Missouri. It is a tree sometimes 6 meters high, with ascending branches forming an irregular crown, or per- haps more often a shrub with numer- ous stems; the twigs are brown, be- coming gray, smooth, and armed with numerous slender chestnut-brown spines 3 to 6 cm. long. The leaves are elliptic to broadly fig. 409. — Waxy 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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