WESTERN FLOWERING DOGWOOD 



Cornus Nutlallii AUDUBON. 



For rich and varied autumnal color 

 beauty surely the lovely Dogwood takes 

 the prize. With the first touches of frost, 

 the bright, soft, green leaves begin to 

 color and then each succeeding day sees 

 the rich hues doubled and trebled until 

 every tree is a blaze of scarlet glory. 



In the spring, especially in early May, 

 these same trees were covered with nu- 

 merous greenish blossom heads, each 

 surrounded by six white showy bracts, 

 so tjiat the inflorescence is often 3 to 5 

 inches across. The masses of creamy 

 blossoms banked against the delicate 

 green of the ferns in the deep canyon 

 shade is most striking a sight to re- 

 ward the mountain traveller at this sea- 

 son. It is frequent in the lower Yellow 

 Pine belt, being especially abundant in 

 the deep moist canyons opening up 



CORNUS is the ancient Latin name for horn; in ref- 

 erence to the hardness of the wood. 



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