304 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



weeds. A statute of Connecticut enacted in 1881, provides 

 that " Every owner or possessor of lands shall cut down all 

 wild carrots and Canada thistles growing thereon, or in the 

 highway adjoining, so often as to prevent going to seed; 

 and upon failure so to do, any person aggrieved, or any 

 citizen of the town wherein the lands are 'situated, may com- 

 plain to any grand juror of said town, who shall thereupon 

 forthwith notify such owner or possessor of such complaint. 

 If said owner or possessor shall still neglect to comply with 

 the provisions of this section, he shall be fined not more than 

 five dollars for each and every day of such neglect after such 

 notice." Revised Statutes, Sec. 1374. 



All parts of the plant have medicinal properties. 



CORNACEAE. DOGWOOD FAMILY. 



CORNUS L. Cornel. Dogwood. 



Cornus canadensis L. 



Dwarf or Low Cornel. Bunchberry. 



Low or rocky woods and in swamps. Rare over most of 

 the state, becoming frequent in Litchfield County. May — 

 June. 



Cornus florida L. (flowering). 

 Flowering Dogwood. Boxwood. 



Occasional, local or frequent, mostly in rocky woods. May. 



One of the most beautiful of our flowering trees and 

 worthy of much more extensive cultivation. The bark, 

 especially of the root, is used medicinally, and the powdered 

 bark makes a good tooth-powder. The bark also yields a 

 scarlet dye, and mixed with sulphate of iron makes a good 

 black ink. The wood is heavy and close-grained and is used 

 to make tool-handles and other small articles of turnery. 



Cornus circinata L'Her. (rounded). 

 Round-leaved Cornel or Dog^vood. 



Usually in rocky woods or on ledges. Rare in New Lon- 

 don County (Graves) : local or occasional elsewhere. May — 

 June. 



The bark is used medicinally. 



