B64 



PACIFIC DOGWOOD 



Cor'nus nuttal'lii 



Flowers small (less than % in. long), 

 greenish, numerous (20 to 40), crowded 

 into stalked flower heads at the en- 

 larged twig ends 



Flower-head bracts (involucre) petal- 

 like, very showy, white (sometimes 

 pinlO, usually 4 to 6, egg-shaped or 

 reverse egg-shaped, \% to 3 in. long 

 and up to 2 in. wide, usually abruptly 

 pointed at tips 



Leaves opposite, light green, egg- 

 shaped, 3 to 5 in. long, sharp-pointed 

 at tip, wedge-shaped at base, veiny, 

 somewhat hairy beneath, stalked 



Stamens 4, protruding 



Petals 4, strap-shaped, spreading 



Outer united flower parts (calyx)- 

 somewhat urn-shaped, 4-too'thed 



"Berries" (drupes) green, becoming 

 bright shiny red, in crowded bunches, 

 tipped by 4 persistent calyx teeth ; 

 each with thin mealy flesh surrounding 

 the thick-walled, 1- or 2 -seeded stone 



Branches smooth, gray-and-brown- 

 mottled; young twigs soft-hairy 



Of the several species of dogwood in the Western States, Pacific 

 dogwood is by far the showiest in bloom, and the only one that at- 

 tains genuinely treelike proportions. Its range, as indicated by its 

 common name, extends throughout the Pacific Coast States from the 

 Lower Fraser River and Vancouver Island in British Columbia 

 southward, but west of the summit of the Cascades and Sierras, to 

 southern California. It has also been found in northwestern Idaho. 

 Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture reports that the genus name 

 dogwood was popularized originally in early England, where a solu- 

 tion made by boiling the bark of the bloodtwig dogwood (C. san- 

 guinea) in water was used in the treatment of mangy dogs. The 



Lith. A. Hoen & Co. 



