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the ovary is inferior with two cells and the summit bears a fleshy 
yellow disc, surrounding the base of the pistil. The fruit is an 
ovoid drupe, eis carlet when ripe, usually five to six in a 
cluster. They are eagerly eaten by birds in the autumn, and 
in this way the ane are widely disseminated. The leaves are 
opposite, borne in pairs on lateral branchlets, with short petioles; 
they are ovate or oval, acute with a strong mid-vein and con- 
spicuous lateral veins and quite entire. They are minutely 
hairy on the upper surface when young and pubescent particu- 
larly on the veins, beneath. The wood is fine-grained and is 
sometimes used as a substitute for box-wood. 
The dogwood ranges from Maine to Florida, and in the Central 
States from Ontario to Texas, ascending the mountains of Virginia 
and in the Sierra Madre in Mexico. It was named by Linnaeus 
in 1753 from plants collected in Virginia and Carolina and was 
described by Plukenet in 1691 in his Phytogr Jie ree 
from plants collected in Virginia by John Bannis it 
been in cultivation in England since 1730 and is —. 2S 
not only for its showy white masses of blossom in spring, but 
for the brilliant color of its foliage and fruit in the autumn. 
he rose-colored form was figured by Marc Catesby in 1771, 
and is highly esteemed in cultivation, nea staal wild. 
ELIzaBETH G. ‘ON 
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN 
Mr. John Pierpont Morgan, an original incorporator of the 
New York Botanical Garden and a member of its Board of 
Managers since the aed of that Board in 1895, died at 
Rome, Italy, on March 
Mr. ee rendered ne ae great service during its 
entire history; h ibuted liberally to its primary endowment 
and to other funds, served as its Treasurer from 1895 to 1899, 
and subsequently, until his death, as a member of the Finance 
Committee and of the Membership Committee. His valued 
vice on many topics was always “gladly given, and he 
aa on ae important financial questions. 
