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slightly alternate, oval, heavy underneath. 

 Berries dark purple. Alternate-leaved dog 

 wood. Flowers in May. Native of the 

 Northern and Middle States. 



This will often grow as large as the C. 

 florida, with a similar spreading head. The 

 flowers are of a yellowish-white color, and 

 the wood remains always green. It thrives 

 best* in moist shady situations, and may be 

 propagated as No. 1. 



3. C. FLORIDA, Linnceus. Flowers in capi 

 tate clusters, surrounded by four large petal- 

 like leaflets, forming an involucre. Flowery 

 dogwood. American dogwood. Native of 

 the Northern and Middle States. 



One of the most beautiful of our native 

 flowering small trees, the flowers appearing 

 in April, and presenting a brilliant appear 

 ance. It often grows thirty feet high and 

 one foot in diameter in our forests ; but, with 

 them, is fast disappearing. It will thrive in 

 the deepest shade, loves moisture, but does 

 not do well in a dry or exposed situation. 

 The flowers are succeeded by beautiful red 

 berries, and the leaves turn reddish in the 

 fall. The branches grow very horizontal, 



