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beautiful group of cornels. It may be mentioned that tbese four 

 species are divisible into two sections, geographically, and by the 

 character of their fruits : ^— 



1. Fruits densely packed in a capitulum, but free; C. Nuttallii, 

 C.flonda. (Subgenus B e nil tamidia , Spuch.) North America. 



~. Fruits agglomerated into a fleshy mass; C. Koiisa, C. capi- 

 tata. (Subgenus Benthamia, Liudley.) Asia. 



Cornus Nuttallii, Audubon; Bot. Mag. t. 8311— The illustra- 

 tion we give of this, the noblest of cornels, enables us to appreci- 

 ate the enthusiastic terms in which this tree is invariably com- 

 mented on by writers and by travellers in Western North 

 America. We are told that its beauty, both at the flowering 

 season and in autumn when the foliage turns bright orange and 



scai 



tiers. Ihe tree illustrated is by no means of exceptional size, 

 bargent gives the height as 40 to 60, occasionally 100, feet. Under 

 cultivation in this country it is much more promising than its 

 tellow American species-6'. fiorida. At Kew some pJanis 6 to 

 lU feet high have flowered well for two or three years past. The 

 inflorescence is formed in early autumn and remains exposed 

 throughout the winter, the bracts developing and the flowers 

 expanding the following May. The bracts usually number six, 

 but vary from four to eight; they are 3 inches long and up to 

 p inches wide, often partially overlapping. The whole involucre 



(or *^ flower 



inclies 



creamy white often tinged with pink later. The true flowers are 

 small, greenish, and gathered in a dense head f inch wide. The 

 species is native cf flio or^aa+ ^^«; — £ -n •,• i ^ -i -, - -, 



Vancouver Island to South California. 

 F W. Godsal, of Cowley, Alberta, Ci 

 of a tree of Comua Nuttallii growing i 

 is here reproduced. 



Cornus florida, L.; Bot. Mag. tt. 



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1 



/fo7dn ^ r V-";^°^-./r^- **• 526, 8S16 (Benthamidta 

 flonda, Sj>aeh.)-This beautiful small tree or shrub was in culti- 



llnZ '^T'^t T-f7 °^ ^^'''■. ^^"'^^liild, at Hoxton, as long 

 ago as 17dU, yet it has never become common in our gardens. 



Jn^tiV '^''''^^ *>^^^^^*f es from Eastern North America,^it finds 

 Z^l}"""^- "^^""g^^^«^ "^ 0^"' climate-probably lack of sufficient 



tol+W '?,/n"''' .^^''^/^"^^^^^ to ripen its 'wood thoroughly, 

 together with late spring frosts that injure its young growths! It 

 3s perfectly capable of withstanding tie severest linter cold we 

 tT'r"V-u^\'' '\r'' ^y *^^ ^^^1«^^ trees growinc. in the 

 h^rXt "■''"'' ^'''. ^* ^^°^^«"^^^ ^^^ ^«^^ ^^« ^-^^' flowers 



each brant S- ^"i^^'^^^f %l'? A". ^'' ^"^^^^^"■'^ 0^ four bracts, 

 in the tvi ^ "^^'J^^^^' 1^0 2 inches lor^g, ] ii„ch wide, whit 



Mag. t. 8315). The late 



Mr B "T? P ri^ i '"■^'" v-uui. mag. i. Q-iW). The late 



of ro;.^; ^3r^T^''^ ^^ \^- -o^^t succes^ul cultivators 



fl 



his garden at H 



whif."h Ko;,^\> ^1 r i '"-xc^^y ill uis garuen at Maslemere. 



^hich, being elevated some hundreds of feet above sea-level and 



