No. 651. 
CORNUS CANADENSIS. 
Class. Order. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of Canada, Labrador, and New- 
foundland, consequently it is extremely 
hardy. It was introduced by Dr. Fothergill 
in 1774, and grows only about three or four 
inches in height, with slender herbaceous 
stems, which usually retain their leaves 
during the winter. The flowers appear 
with us in May, and the berries, which often 
succeed them, ripen the spring following : 
they are of a beautiful bright red colour, and 
sweetish taste. It may be increased by its 
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in a pot or in the full ground, planted in 
peat earth. 
