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white flowers, followed by the blue-black fruit about one-lhird 

 of an inch in diameter, serve to show that it is a dogwood. The 

 leaf arrangement differs from those of any other species in 

 that the leaves are alternate, forming close clusters near the end 

 of the branch. The form and size of the leaves is shown in the 

 figure. They are nearly smooth above and whitish and minutely 

 hairy below. The branches are usually greenish streaked with 

 white. The beautiful browns of the young shoots and the similar 

 tints returning in autumn add to the charms which combine to 

 make it one of the most attractive of the native shrubs for orna- 

 mental planting. 



ROUND-LEAVED DOGWOOD. Comiis ctrcinota L'Her. 



This is a shrub of four to eight feet, common along waysides 

 and in woodlands. The small white flowers are borne in rather 



ROUKD-LEAVED DOGWOOD. 



Leaf and fruit, X %. 



dense flat clusters, two to three inches across. The fruit is a 

 pale blue, or it may turn to a whitish color, many of the berries 



