DOGWOOD FAMILY 



in a group of dogwoods arranged for winter color 

 give an excellent effect. 



The leaves are slender- petioled, oval or ovate, 

 acuminate or acute at apex, two to four inches long ; 

 dark green above, paler green and slightly pubescent 

 beneath. The flower clusters are one and a half to two 

 inches across, the petals lanceolate. The fruit is dark 

 blue and a little less bitter than that of some of the 

 other species, so that it is taken by the birds. The 

 range extends from Nova Scotia to Georgia and west 

 as far as Minnesota. 



RED-STEMMED DOGWOOD. WHITE-FRUITED DOG- 

 WOOD 



Cormis alba. {Cornus sanguinea.) 



The Red-stemmed or Red-twigged Dogwood is one 

 of the most satisfactory of cultivated shrubs. A na- 

 tive of northern Europe and northern Asia, it is per- 

 fectly hardy here, and the brilliant blood-red stems 

 against a white background of snow, arrest the at- 

 tention of the most unobservant. The flood tide of 

 color is in February and March ; as the leaves begin 

 to appear the color fades and during the summer the 

 stems are dull. 



There is no objection to its common name ; it is fit- 

 ting and appropriate. Nor is there any objection to 

 the botanical name, Cornus sanguinea, were that the 

 name of the plant. But it is not, unfortunately ; and 

 furthermore, it never can be. That name has already 

 been given to an entirely different species ; it has been 

 recorded in all the finding lists of Europe, and it will 



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