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usually from 8 to 15 feet in height, although at Saratof I saw it as 

 much as 30 feet. It has a very small dark leaf, and may be trained 

 to grow in tree form. There are many varieties, some catalogues 

 offer 13 or 14. varieties. The most beautiful to my mind is 

 PygmcBa pendula ; top grafted, it forms a delicate pendulous head, 

 very graceful and ornamental. I fear there is some confusion in 

 the names given to these varieties. I have seen the names gracilis, 

 microphylla and horrida given to what appeared to me to be this. 

 C.ferox or spinora is spiny, stiffer in growth, and has more foli- 

 age ; it, too, may be top grafted. Of other kinds I would mention 

 C. altagana Dahurica, a straggling bnsh with leaf smaller than 

 Arborescens. Frutescens, a good shrubby little bush from the 

 Altai Mountains and Turkestan. C.jubata is from Mongolia, and 

 from the cold district of that coldest of all countries, Eastern 

 Siberia. This, however, is positively ugly. 



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One variety of the Cornus I wish to draw special attention to, 

 the Cornus alba fol. variegatis or C. stricta of some catalogues. It 

 is a low shrub with bright white margined leaves, very showy and 

 attractive, and perfectly hardy. A very great favorite in the 

 nurseries at Riga, a great favorite wherever known. 



There is also a white margined variety of the Cornus mascula, 

 very pretty indeed ; ha rdy at Warsaw, but not hardy at Voronesh 

 or Riga. The ordinal; Cornus mascula is not to say hardy at 

 Riga. At Warsaw, in the Botanic Gardens, we find a tree of it 

 1 8 inches in diameter of trunk and 25 feet high, and at least 30 

 feet across its extended branches. 



Andrew S. Fuller in his " Fruit Culturist" recommended the 

 introduction of the Cornus mascula as a fruit-bearing bush. At 

 the nurseries of Simon-Louis at Metz, where they have six kinds, 

 the C. mascula macrocarpa is considered the largest in size, and 

 the best in flavor. This was corroboraied at other places. It is 

 worthy of trial at Toronto and southwards. 



