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and blooms even more freely there than it does in the wild 

 state. C. acuminata, and other species, are found in the 

 Southern States. 



COLTTTEA. BLADDER SENNA. 



[Name from the Greek, signifying to make a sound ; probably in allusion to 

 the noise produced by the bursting of the bladder-like fruit ] 



Colutea abortfscens, grows about ten feet high, with 

 yellow or orange pea-shaped flowers, which are succeeded 

 by seed-vessels like bladders ; in June and July. C. cru- 

 enta, four feet high, has reddish flowers. All are free 

 growers, and well adapted to introduce into extensive 

 shrubberies. 



COROKTLLA. SCORPION-SENNA. 



[Named from corona, a crown. Its pretty flowers are disposed in little tufts 

 like coronets.] 



Coronllla &nerilS 9 or Scorpion Senna, is a native of 

 most parts of Europe. It has yellow, pea-shaped flowers 

 in little heads, in June. It is a delicate shrub, with hand- 

 some foliage ; somewhat tender when exposed to the full 

 rays of the sun, but when grown among other bushes suc- 

 ceeds very well. Its height rarely exceeds three feet. 



CORNUS, CORNEL DOGWOOD. 



[Name from the Latin, cornu, a horn, the wood being very hard and durable.] 



The larger species of this genus are hardy ornamental 

 shrubs, mostly North American, and are prized not only 

 for their flowers and different colored berries, but for 

 their red, purple or striped bark, which has a fine effect in 

 winter, especially among evergreens. 



