CORNUS COROKIA 393 



. SANGUINEA, LinncBus. COMMON DOGWOOD. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 12 ft. high, of erect habit ; young shoots minutely 

 downy, dull dark green. Leaves ovate, \\ to 3 ins. long, f to if ins. wide ; 

 tapered and rounded at the base, slender-pointed, furnished, especially when 

 young, with pale scattered hairs on both surfaces, which are longer beneath 

 than above ; veins in three or four, sometimes five pairs ; stalks \ to -| in. 

 long. Flowers dull white, with a heavy odour, produced during June in cymes 

 i^ to 2 ins. across ; sepals and flower-stalks downy ; petals about in. long. 

 Fruit globose, purplish black, shining, in. wide, with a bitter taste. 



Native of Europe, including the south of England, where it is abundant in 

 some localities. It is a shrub of undistinguished character, its chief value 

 being in the fine autumnal red of its leaves. The specific name applies to this 

 and not to the young bark, which has nothing more than an occasional dark 

 red tinge on the exposed side. The wood is tough and hard, and is used for 

 making butchers' skewers and such like. 



Var VARIEGATA. A poor form, with variegated leaves. 



Var. VIRIDISSIMA. Said to have green fruit. 



C. SESSILIS, Torrey. 



But little is known in cultivation of this North Californian shrub, which in a 

 wild state is 10 to 15 ft. high, and was introduced in 1903. The young bark 

 is greenish, and clothed with silky hairs ; leaves shortly stalked, crowded at 

 the end of the twigs ; i^ to 3 ins. long, ovate, tapered at both ends, but more 

 gradually towards the apex ; nearly smooth above, and with flattened hairs 

 and tufts of down in the vein-axils beneath ; veins in about four pairs. 

 Flowers in. across, yellow, crowded in stalkless umbels, at first enclosed by 

 four ovate bracts ^ in. long ; flower-stalks silky, \ in. long. Fruit oval, \ in. 

 long. This shrub, producing its flowers, themselves stalked, in clusters without 

 stalks, from the axils of four bracts and on leafless twigs, belongs to the same 

 group as C. Mas and C. officinalis. 



C. STOLONIFERA, Michaux. RED OSIER DOGWOOD. 



A vigorous deciduous shrub, up to 8 ft. high, suckering freely, and 

 spreading by underground stems ; bark of young shoots dark purplish red, 

 smooth. Leaves ovate, oval or oval-lanceolate, with long, tapered points ; 

 2 to 5 ins. long, I to "2\ ins. wide ; upper surface dark green, lower one glaucous, 

 both with flattened hairs ; veins in about five pairs ; stalk \ to I in. long. 

 Flowers dull white, small, in cymes I to 2 ins. across Fruit white, globose, 

 \ in. across. 



Native of N. America, reaching across the continent. It is allied to the 

 Asiatic. C. alba, but is distinguished by the longer - pointed leaves and 

 stoloniferous habit. 



Var. FLAVIRAMEA, Spath. Bark of young shoots yellow, and effective in 

 winter. Sent out by Spath in 1899. 



COROKIA COTONEASTER, Raoul CORNACE^E. 



A remarkable evergreen, but sparsely leaved shrub, up to 8 ft. in 

 height, forming a rounded bush; branches thin, exceedingly tortuous 

 and interlaced, somewhat rigid, and covered with white down when young, 

 becoming almost black with age. Leaves alternate, J to f in. long 



