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in other states (for the dogwood ranges nearly throughout the 

 eastern United States), but apparently in vain. However, such 

 depredations on the dogwood are chiefly confined to the immediate 

 vicinity of highways, and do not seem to be perceptibly depleting 

 the supply. (It is still the commonest small tree in and around 

 New York City, where we may assume that it has been ravaged in 

 this way for over 100 years, or ever since people began to take 

 notice of the beauties of nature.) The shuttle-block industry is 

 making more serious inroads on the supply of dogwood, but that 

 utilizes only trees at least five inches in diameter, so that the 

 smaller ones are left to grow larger. 



The dogwood grows mostly in dry woods, in the shade of 

 other trees, and avoids the richest and poorest soils. It can stand 

 a little more fire than some of our trees which are chiefly confined 

 to ravines and bluffs. It is common in every region in the state 

 except the Mobile delta, and is probably most abundant in 2 B, 3, 

 and 10 E.* 



Cornus alternifolia, L.f. 



A large shrub, or small tree, differing from all other dog- 

 woods in having alternate leaves, which are otherwise much like 

 those of the preceding species. The flowers are in loose clusters, 

 like most of the other shrubby species. April. 



Grows in rich woods and creek bottoms, pretty well pro- 

 tected from fire. Rather rare. Mostly in the coastal plain with 

 us, though it ranges north to Canada. (Its general distribution 

 is much like that of Dirca paliistris.) 



5. Along Channahatchee Creek, Elmore County. 

 lOE or W. Butler and Covington Counties, 

 low. Wilcox, Monroe and Clarke Counties. 



Cornus stricta, Lam. (I have not studied this sufficiently to 

 separate it from C. Aiiionuiii Mill, and one or two others, and 

 am therefore combining them for the present.) 



*William Bartram about 150 years ago (Travels, p. 401) reported an 

 almost unbroken forest of dogwood nine or ten miles long on level ground 

 somewhere south of the black belt, but the locality for that, like many other 

 phenomena described by him, cannot now be identified. 



