CORNEL FLOWER. 



THE DOGWOOD (OR CORNEL). 



HE Dogwood is a common hedgerow bush, and sometimes 

 forms a tree of some fifteen feet in height. 



It has certain pecuHarities of growth and colouring 

 which serve at once to identify it. The branches are 

 arranged in pairs, each one at right angles to the pair above and 

 below it, and are remarkable for their red colour. Both branch-fibres 

 and leaf-ribs are unusuallv tough : the latter still remain united even 

 atter the leaf-blade has been torn across. There is a certain formal 

 charm about the geometrical pattern ot the florets, and the foliage 

 tints of red and purple in the autumn are very varied. 



