182 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



red stems bearing pretty, dark, gray-blue berries, 

 which are ripe in early October. The tree is com- 



Alternate-leaved Dogwood. 



mon beside the roads and on the banks of streams in 

 the mountain regions of New Hampshire ; in fact, it 

 is a familiar object in all the Northern States ; it also 

 extends southward through the Alleghany Mountains 

 as far as northern Georgia and Alabama. It is often- 

 est found in shrub form, but frequently it grows to a 

 height of 25 or even 30 feet. 



