THE DOGWOOD. 



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common one, are liable to be entirely stripped of their 

 foliage by the caterpillars of a moth, which cover the 

 branches with festoons of a web spun by them in the 

 course of their feeding. 



THE DOGWOOD. 



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 **fCN I, 



LEAF AND FLOWER OF THE DOGWOOD. 



CORNUS SANGUINEA. 



Natural Order CORNER. 



Class TETRANDRIA. Order MONOGYNIA. 



THIS common hedge-shrub derives its Latin name from 

 cornu, a horn, from the toughness of its wood. It is called 

 Dogwood because " the fruit is not fit even for a dog ; " on 

 which account, also, it was formerly named Dogberry and 



