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THE DOGWOOD OR CORNEL. 



appears V shaped. The main and secondary ribs are very clearly 

 marked on both upper and under surfaces ; the latter follow the 

 outline of the leaf The leaf stalk is about half an inch long, and, 

 like the new shoots and the small pointed buds, purple in colour. 



In the autumn the upper side of the leaf-blade passes through 

 a scale of red and yellow tints to rich crimson, and the under side 

 through greens and yellows to a duller red. 



THE DOGWOOD OR CORNEL (Cornus Sanguinea). 



Ot the many varieties of the Cornel cultivated in gardens, the 

 white-fruited variety, which has also branches of a brilliant red, is 

 perhaps the most common. Another variety has large red berries. 

 The wood of the Cornel is used for skewers. The Cornel is said 

 not to grow in the extreme North of England or in Scotland. It 

 is a common bush in most of the chalk and limestone districts. In 

 Sussex and Kent there are many hedges composed ot it alone. It is a 

 good cover for game, for it can be grown beneath other trees without 

 suffering from their drip. The distinctive forms which we have 

 found it to possess in leafage, flower, and being, redeem it from 

 insignificance, even when it serves such humble purposes, while in 

 the hedgerows it shares the charm which the life of the open fields 

 in its most ordinary aspects possess for the lover of nature. 



