is 
leaves; Чие 
AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA 
OF 
HORTICULTURE. 379 
Cornus—continued. 
hoary tomentum beneath. Branches warted, greenish. A. 5ft. 
to 10%. United States, 1784. Shrub. (Т. S. M. ed. ii. 464.) 
FiG. 526, FLOWERS ОР CORNUS FLORIDA. 
с. Жаа, p eios 50 Flowering Dogwood. /. greenish-yellow, 
te, rising after the leaves. April. J. ovate, acuminate, 
IU beneath, and beset with adpressed hairs on both surfaces; 
emere £u involucre large, white, roundish, retuse or nearly 
чо 30ft. United States, 1731. This 
Cd iree; Y bark is extremely bitter. See Fig. 526, 
C. mas (male)* COMM Cherry. Л. yellow, rising before the 
in length to the four-leaved involucre,: 
Cornus—continued. 
February to April. J. oval, acuminated, rather pubescent on both 
surfaces. 
Branches smoothish. A. lOft. to 15%. Europe (Britain 
excepted), 1599, SYN. C. mascula. (S. F. С. 151.) Of this there 
is a form (variegata) having leaves variegated with white, and 
another (elegantissima) in which the fo 
with 
e is beautifully marked 
creamy-white and tinged with Both are excellent 
garden plants. 
€. mascula (manly). A synonym of C. mas. 
C. oblonga (oblong). Л. white or pale P fragrant ; 
clothed with adpressed silvery hairs, as w 
petals; corymbs spreading, panicled. 
calyx 
as the pedicels and 
1. oblong, acuminated, 
acute at the NS Lr em and rather scabrous beneath, with 
many excavated 
h. 10ft. to 15ft. 
panicled; ovary silky. Rae A and August. fr. white. 
acuminated, 
Т А 
ane 
е! 
black. 4. ovate, or ovate-oblong, acute, 
Л. greenish-white, not pleasantly ена”. 
bracteate 
qe along the axils of the ribs and nerves. 
epaul, 1818. * 
culata (panicled).* fl. white; cymes convex, hir oneg 
ova 
cp. beneath. Branches erect, pale 
ft. to 8ft. ыз States, 1758. Shrub. (Т. 5. М. 
i (blood-coloured)* Dogberry ; common Dogwood. 
cymes 
; petals revolute at the sides. June. Berry small, 
pubescent, 2in. to Sin. 
long. Branches E aight, of a dark red when full grown. h. ce 
) North and West Asia, 
Shrub. Wi E for skewers, formerly for prt ЕГЕ by 
gunpowder makers. hn berries yield an oil, used in France for 
soapmaking. (Sy. En. B. 635.) 
С. sericea (silky).* Л, white; co 
bs depressed, woolly. June 
and July. Berries ye blue, obose. Ё, ovate, 
clothed with rusty pubescence beneath. Branches d 
CERA T Sft. to 8ft. United States, 1683. (T. S. 
cymes 
during winter. Corokia 
good garden soil. They may be propagated by cuttings, - 
planted in sand, 1 
“in Paris, in 1651, after publishing his © Historia 
egy = te, pubescent, ' 
purple ^ colour ; а zm the annual shoots, óf à at, hoary T 
PME oras АҺ. 4ft. to 10ft. 
There 
erica, 1741. SYN. C. alba. are several varieties of this 
C. stricta (upright).* Л. white; cymes loose, flattish. 
June. 1. ovate, s labrous, green on both 
surfaces, i fas te, reddish-brown, 
Branches 
h. 9ít. to 15%. "United;States, 17 Shrub. There is 
a form having leaves variegated with white or yellow. 
S. suecica (Swedish)* Л. dark 1 e terminal um- 
bels, sup’ poe by four white ү wi » ch Soe tum 
ER beste АШ NOU. Hor АШ p in) 
e, ova in. North an ) 
Asia, and North America. xr 
CORNUTLIA (named after Jacques ieiki 
French physician, who travelled in ref ar he died 
Plantarum Canadensium ". Syn. Hosta. ORD. 
Verbenacem. А small tropical American genus, _ 
containing about six species of ornamental green- 
house evergreen shrubs, allied to Callicarpa. They — 
succeed well in a mixture of loam and peat. Cut- _ 
tings strike readily in sand, if placed under 
in bottom heat, during February or March. 
the only species in cultivation is б. py? 
C. punctata (dotted). A synonym of C. pyra 
с. Dyramidata Made mes Л. blue; panic 
— d nn D wet ais 1 ' 
сопйпей—аз far as їз е аб. ime J^ коро New 
Zealand. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary, or 
limb five-toothed ; petals five, 
more, if afforded a little protection 
as are yof easy culture, in moderately 
under a glass ; or by lares, m бона 
