Then, as now, the hawthorn was a staple of Victorian hedgerows, while a double-flowering variety (pictured) was popular in Victorian gardens as a tree. The Glastonbury thorn was the most widely planted garden hawthorn by the late Victorian age.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Information and image taken from F. Edward Hulme and Shirley Hibberd, Familiar Garden Flowers (Cassell, Peter, Galpin and Co.: London: c. 1890), 5 vols.