the species was Mr. David Douglas, about 1826; at that 
time it was believed to be only a form of C. florida, and it 
was not recognised as distinct till it was rediscovered by 
Mr. Thomas Nuttall, some ten years later, during a journey 
to the Pacific coast. In the 1837 elephant folio edition of 
the Birds of North America, which consists of plates only, 
t. 367 is devoted to Columba fasciata, with which is asso- 
ciated a branch of this Cornel. In the 1842 edition of the 
same work, which is accompanied by letterpress, Audubon 
explains his indebtedness to his friend Nuttall for the infor- 
mation that the berries of this hitherto uncharacterised tree 
form a staple food of this particular pigeon. In publishing 
the technical description added by Nuttall to his notes, 
Audubon took the opportunity to dedicate the species to his 
friend. 
There is no indication that seeds of C. Nuttallii reached 
England at the time of its discovery by Douglas, but we 
learn from Audubon that on its rediscovery by Nuttall seeds 
were transmitted to Lord Ravensworth, and further, that 
information had reached America that these seeds had 
germinated. In spite, however, of its introduction seventy 
years ago, C. Nuttallii has never been common in this 
country, and it certainly is not so amenable to the artificial 
conditions of cultivation as most of the dwarfer Cornels are. 
During the spring of 1909, however, the species flowered at 
Kew, in the garden of Mr. B. E. C. Chambers at Haslemere, 
and with Messrs. Veitch & Sons at Coombe Wood. The 
Kew plant, from which our main figure has been made, was 
purchased from a French nurseryman in 1904, and is now 
5 ft. high and quite healthy ; during the past season it has 
made shoots | to 14 ft. long. It is growing in a sandy loam 
to which some peat and decayed leaves have been added. 
Our experience with this Cornel! has not been sufficiently pro- 
longed to justify a dogmatic statement as to its treatment, 
but we should recommend for it a well-drained loamy soil 
abundantly reinforced with decayed leaves—the ordinary 
“ leaf-soil”” of the gardener, a sunny, sheltered position, and 
attention to the matter of watering whilst the plants are young 
and the root system is not extensive, A heavy cold soil is 
probably as ill-suited for it as a very dry sandy one. Perhaps 
the finest plant of C. Nuttallii inthis country is one in the 
garden of Mr. Chambers, who supplied from it the fruit 
