THE DOGWOOD. 



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common one, are liable to be entirely stripped of their 

 foliage by the caterpillars of a moth, which cover the 

 branches with festoons of a web spun by them in the 

 course of their feeding. 



THE DOGWOOD. 



LEAF AKD FLOWER OF THE DOGWOOD. 



CORNUS SANGUINEA. 



Natural Order — Corner. 

 CTass— Tetkandria, Orrfcr— Monogynia. 



This common hedge-shrub derives its Latin name from 

 cornu, a horn, from the toughness of its wood. It is called 

 Dogwood because " the fruit is not lit even for a dog ;" on 

 which account, also, it was formerly named Dogberry and 



