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the winter. In the other dogwood cited, the four bud- 

 scales simply take a second growth, carrying the winter 

 portion on the apex. The notch on the end of the 

 broad, white bract is the bud-scale of the past winter. 

 What the power is that says to the bud-scales of Cornus 

 mas, ' Rest when you let the flowers out,' and to the 

 bud-scales of Cornus florida, ' Take another growth and 

 become another species,' nobody knows yet, — but it cer- 

 tainly is not by any law of natural selection, the struggle 

 for life, the survival of the fittest, or the accident of 

 environment. There are many reasons why this lovely 

 shrub should have a place in any garden that can find 

 room for it." 



C. stricta, or upright dogwood, grows to a height of 

 eight to fifteen feet, with numerous straight stems or 

 branches, making a beautiful bush. The blossoms are 

 white, in open cymes, and showy ; the foliage is bright 

 green. One of its varieties, little known, has its leaves 

 beautifully variegated with yellow and white, but the colors 

 are not as permanent as might be desired. C. baileyi 

 has scarcely been introduced to cultivation, but it appears 

 to possess qualities that should make it useful. It grows 

 freely in certain sections of the Northwest along the 

 borders of the Great Lakes, and, according to Professor 

 Bailey, on sand-dunes, and often in the loosest, shifting, 

 white sands. Any plant which will do this is capable of 

 great service in many localities, and especially a shrub of up- 

 right form, good foliage, and beautiful flowers which appear 

 continuously from June to September. The fruit of this 

 cornus is in clusters of pearly white, and is quite showy. 



