54. | Cornus florida. 
titled to the notice of physicians ; and it certainly may be safely re- 
epinmgad ed as a pets eeaschi for the ie particularly as that 
ther a a _ I have never 
used the Dogwood, i in any : demas asa -aijestieibd od therefore call the 
attention of our physicians to it, entirely on the authority of those 
vali have written on the article, and frequently employed it. I know 
it is much used in different parts of the United States, and I have 
bie i heard its virtues commended. Its superior miscibility or 
plubility "in water, to the Peruvian bark, may occasionally render its 
use : ore convenient than this last substance. — 
CCONOMICAL USES. 
es 
| ‘The weaibie of the: Cornus floridais of 0 very fine texture, ta 
compact, heavy, exceedingly durable, and susceptible of a beautiful 
pdt Hence it is much used by cabinet-makers and joiners, for 
ornamental inlaying. The sap is white, and the heart chocolate 
colour. This wood answers very well for plane-stocks, squares, 
two-foot rules, ‘mallets, and for the handles of gimlets, gauges, 
hand-chissels, and other light tools. Indeed its properties so nearly 
resemble those of box-wood, that it may be profitably substituted 
for it in almost all its common uses; and in these it is improved in 
appearance by a faint stain of yellow dye. This gives it the exact 
resemblance of box. I have no doubt, that if it were felled at the 
and well-seasoned, it would answer extremely well for 
