280 



WAYFARERS 



Forge Mill Pond, is to pass between open ranks of 

 shrubs that rival in beauty anything that the garden 

 can produce. Hereabout the Dogwoods belong to 

 the latter half of May, when the showy White - 

 flowering Cornel by the roadside gives the signal 

 for the rest of the family to unfurl. The alter- 

 nate-leaved Cornel, with green bark, has flat 

 clusters of white flowers, followed by hand- 

 some berries, also white. Set upon coral 

 red stems, it grows in clumps by 

 this road, together with the Silky Cor- 

 nel with its purplish twigs, rounder 

 bunches of white flowers and lead- 

 blue berries that are of 

 the whortleberry shape 

 and broader than long; 

 while in early June the 

 brilliant twigs of the Red 

 Osier Dogwood, in wet 

 spots and runnels, 

 bear white flower - 

 clusters and white 

 berries. All the Dogwoods 

 have small flowers that, like 

 the composites, are rendered 

 conspicuous by massing, while 



