DOGWOOD FAMILY 



merges into spring-, are well known to even the most 

 casual observer. This species is marked in many deal- 

 ers' catalogues as Cormis sanguinea, but this is wrong. 

 The real Cormis sanguinea is a European species having 

 little of interest in the color of its bark, which be- 

 comes gray when old. The color of its fruit is black. 



Our own Cormis stolonifera possesses the beautiful 

 red twigs in so marked a degree as to give it the com- 

 mon name Red-osier Dogwood. Cormis baileyi and 

 Cormis aspcrifolia have twigs of reddish brown ; those 

 of Cormis altemifolia and Cormis circinata are green ; 

 those of Cormis amomnn dull purple. An extensive 

 and pleasing range of winter coloring can be had by 

 means of dogwoods alone. 



FLOWERING DOGWOOD 



Cornus florida. 



The Flowering Dogwood is both tree and shrub, 

 and its value as an ornamental plant is not exceeded 

 by any other denizen of our gardens. Its flowers are 

 sui generis ; the real flowers are the little green bunch 

 in the centre of the four petaloid bracts which enwrap 

 and protect them. The genesis of these great white 

 bracts is interesting. They are simply four bud-scales 

 and may be seen upon the flower buds which develop 

 in late summer at the tips of the branches of any 

 fruitful and flourishing individual. They endure the 

 buffetings of storms ; they brave the cold, the ice, the 

 snow of winter ; and when spring comes and other 

 bud-scales, having completed their service, pass away 

 unregarded, these simply take on a second growth, 



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