BLUE 269 



Flowers. — The small, white, four-parted 

 flowers grow in broad loose cymes. June. 



This is a pretty shrub or small tree, distin- 

 guished from the other Dogwoods by its alternate 

 leaves. Its flower clusters, too, differ, the second- 

 ary stalks growing alternately instead of start- 

 ing from the same point. The leaf clusters are 

 broad and flat, and so arranged as to form a green 

 background for the red and black of the fruit 

 cluster. This Dogwood fruit, bitter though it 

 is, serves as food for the birds. It is common 

 from New Brunswick to Minnesota and as far 

 south as Georgia. 



BLUE TANGLE. TANGLEBERRY. DANGLE- 



BERRY 

 Gaylussacia frondosa Huckleberry Family 



Fruit. — The long loose clusters of berrylike 

 drupes are characteristic of this species. The 

 separate fruits are rather large, dark blue with a 

 white bloom, globose, and sweet with a slight 

 acidity. The calyx teeth crown the summit. 

 The fruits ripen late and are rather scarce. 

 July, August. 



