DOGWOOD FAMILY 



CORNACE^ 



The Dogwood family is for the most part com- 

 posed of shrub-Hke or tree-Hke species, there being 

 generally distributed in the United States but one 

 herbaceous form. The Flowering Dogwood, a 

 tree with gigantic blossoms and very striking 

 appearance, is a typical representative of this 

 family, the most important characteristic of which, 

 perhaps, is the presence of four large petal-like 

 bracts at the base of the cluster of small flowers. 

 The fruit in all of the Dogwoods is a large or 

 small drupe which has a two-celled stone or pit. 



BuNCHBERRY. Of all the carpets of green 

 and white with which the June woods are made 

 beautiful none is more attractive than that of the 

 Dwarf Cornel or Bunchberry. From the latter 

 part of May until the end of June these flowers 

 give a brilliant effect in damp, cool woods through- 

 out a wide geographical range. The single rather 

 strong but slender stem arises from the creeping 

 rootstock to a height of from four to eight inches, 

 before sending out any leaves. Then it sends 

 out six of these in a whorl that makes a horizontal 

 platform surrounding the stem, from the middle 

 of which rises the flower-stalk bearing the good- 



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