FLOWERING DOGWOOD, ETC. 



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For the sake of comparison with the alternate- 

 leaved variety, 1 draw a spray of red osier (Comus 



Red Osier Dogwood. 



stoloniferd), which is opposite-leaved. This charm- 

 ing species is frequently a prominent object on the 

 border of a snow-clad meadow in midwinter, when 

 its bright-red twigs may be distinguished a mile 

 away. It is merely a shrub, which grows only 6 



