284 Ornamental Shrubs. 



of the season, the peculiar shading being more constant 

 than in many of our most popular colored foliage-plants. 

 Though brighter in the open sunshine, the variegation is 

 well maintained in partial shade. It is scarcely possible 

 to find a more strikingly beautiful and charming shrub for 

 planting singly, in masses, or in promiscuous groups and 

 borders. 



C. sericea, or silky cornus, is a somewhat spreading 

 shrub growing freely on the banks of streams and in 

 moist places, seldom reaching above five to ten feet in 

 height. It produces white flowers in corymbs during the 

 months of June and July, and these are followed by pale 

 blue, globose berries. The younger branches are some- 

 what purple, sprinkled with white and covered with a 

 silky down, whence comes the name. The leaves are 

 opposite, two to three inches long, sharply ovate, rounded 

 at the base and pointed at the apex. This cornus is a 

 native of the United States, and ranges from Canada to 

 the Gulf of Mexico, having a preference for moist lands, 

 though growing well in any reasonably good soil. C. 

 paniculata, or panicled dogwood, produces its white 

 blossoms in loose cymes or panicles in July and August, 

 much later than most of the other forms, and for that 

 reason is especially desirable. It grows from five to 

 seven feet high under ordinary conditions, in bushy form 

 and with whitish leaves, and has berries in late autumn. 



C. mas, or cornelian cherry, is a native of central 

 Europe, but, though introduced to America many years 

 ago, is not as often seen in our gardens as it should be. 

 It is a small tree or large shrub, reaching sometimes the 



