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C. tat&rica Mill. Icon. t. 104. 



914. C. 41ba. 



Throughout Canada, and 



life 



name as contrasted with C. alba, both names applying to the fruit. The wood, 

 which is hard, though not nearly so much so as that of Cornus mas, was 

 formerly used for mill-cogs, and for various purposes in rustic carpentry; and 

 it still makes excellent skewers for butchers, toothpicks, and similar articles. 

 The bark tastes like apples. 



a 3. C. a'lba L, The white-fruited Dogwood. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., p. 40. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 399. 

 Sipwiiymes. C. stolonifera Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 109. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., i. t. 34. ; and our Jig. 914. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches recurved. Branchlets 

 glabrous. Leaves ovate, acute, pubescent, hoary 

 beneath. Corymbs depressed. Branches of a 

 fine red colour. Fruit white, or bluish white. 

 (Don's Mill.) A large shrub. Siberia, at the 

 rivers Oby and Irtysch, among bushes, &c. ; 

 North America, from Virginia to Canada, on the 

 banks of rivers and lakes ; and also in North 

 California. Height 4 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 

 1741. Flowers white; May to July. Fruit 

 white or bluish white ; ripe in September, De- 

 caying leaves red or reddish yellow. Naked 

 young wood intensely red or coral colour. 



Varieties. 



jt C.a.2 circmdta Don's Mill. iii. p. 399., C. 



circinata Cham . ef Schlecht. in LiinKxa iii. 



p. 139., has the berries of a lead colour. 



from Lake Huron to lat. 69 n. 

 an C. . 3 sibirica Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the shoots of a fine orange 



red, covered with a delicate bloom. It makes a splendid appearance 



in the winter season. 



Interesting in summer, from its fine large leaves and white flowers ; in au- 

 tumn, from its white fruit, which are about the size and colour of those of the 

 mistletoe ; and in the winter and spring, from the fine red of its young shoots. 



* 4. C. (a.) stri'cta Lam. The stra\^\t-branched Dogwood. 



htcntification. Lam. Diet., 3. p. 116. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. .399. 

 ' St/tumi/nies. C. fastiglita Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 92. ; C. sanguinea Walt., but not of Lin. ; C. 

 cyanocarpos Gmcl. Syst. Veg. 1 . p. 257. ; C. canadensis Hort. Par. ; C. ca^rulea Meerb. Icon. 3., 

 ' but not of Lam. 



Engravings. Schmidt Baura., 2. t. 67. and onr figs. 915, 916. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches straight, 

 fastigiate. Leaves ovate, acumdnated, 

 glabrous, green on both surfaces ; 

 when young, hardly pubescent be- 

 neath. Corymbs convex, somewhat 

 panicled. Branches reddish brown. 

 Anthers blue. Pomes globose, soft, 

 blue on the outside, but white in- 

 side. (Don's Mill.) An upright shrub. 

 North America, from Carolina to Ca- 

 nada, frequent on the banks of rivers ; 

 also in Mexico, between Tampico and 

 Real del Monte. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. 

 rarely 20 ft. Introd. 1758. Flowers 

 white ; June and July. Fruit blue 

 without and white within ; ripe in 

 October. Decaying leaves reddish 

 green. Naked young wood green, or rusty green 

 K K 4 



<J16. C. (a.)stricta. 



315. C. la.) stricu. 



