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sesses a very characteristic venation. A small 

 number o prominent veins branch from the mid- 

 vein alternately on either side of it or in oppo- 

 site pairs to the margin each branch taking a 

 curious upward curve. Eunning across these 

 principal veins, from edge to edge of the leaf, are 

 a few waved veinlets that cannot be easily seen 

 unless the leaf be held against the light. 



Sometimes autumnal hedges are dyed deep red 

 and sometimes rich purple by the clustered foli- 

 age of the Dogwood ; but these general or massed 

 effects, beautiful as they are, can bear no com- 

 parison with the loveliness of the varied and con- 

 trasting tints which are conspicuous in the early 

 season of leafy change. Deep crimson, light red, 

 orange, and almost golden leaves may be found, 

 side by side on the same bush, with the vivid 

 green leaves of summer. Green and brownish 

 red, green and purple, green and red, orange 

 and green, and crimson and yellow, are merely 

 the tints which are spread in endless variation, 

 upon the tissue presenting shades and mark- 

 ings which are far too numerous to indicate in 

 detail. 



