136 Trees with Simple Leaves. [B i 



Found, in rich woods, from New England to Minnesota, 

 and southward to Florida and Texas. It is very 

 common, especially at the South. 



A finely shaped, rather flat-branching tree, usually 

 twelve to thirty feet high, but dwindling, northward, to 

 the dimensions of a shrub ; one of the most ornamental of 

 all our native flowering trees. Its character throughout 

 and the extent of its range would seem to warrant the 

 recognition of its blossom as the "national flower." 



Fig. 69. Alternate-leaved Dogwood, Alternate-leaved 

 Cornel. C. alternifblia, L.f. 



Leaves, SIMPLE; ALTERNATE (often crowded at the ends of 

 the branches) ; EDGE ENTIRE. 



Outline, broadly oval or egg-shape or reverse egg-shape. 

 Base, slightly pointed. Apex, pointed. 



Leaf-stem, one inch long or more. 



Leaf, about three to four inches long, sometimes yellowish- 

 green ; smooth above ; whitish beneath, and slightly 

 rough between the prominent curved ribs, seldom 

 entirely flat, usually in clusters at the ends of the 

 branches. 



Bark of the branches, smooth, yellowish-green, with 

 whitish streaks. 



Flowers, yellowish in loose flat clusters. June. 



Fruit, very dark blue when ripe, on reddish stems. 

 August. 



