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flowers with conspicuous stamens, and in the autumn 

 it fruits profusely. 



WHITE FRUITS 



The most attractive memoers of this group are the 

 native Snowberry Bushes (Symphoricarpos) and the 

 Dogwoods or Cornels (Cornus). The former are low 

 twiggy plants with small gray-green leaves, insignifi- 

 cant pink flowers, and large snow-white berries. The 

 best are S. racemosus and its variety laevigatus, C. oreo- 

 philus, C. occidentalis from the northern middle 

 states, C. Heyeri from Colorado, and S. mollis from 

 California. Another species, familiarly known as the 

 Coralberry (S. orbiculatus), has red-purple fruits and 

 is very attractive around Christmas time. Among 

 the best of the white-fruited Cornels are the native 

 Cornus racemosa (better known as C. candidissima), a 

 twiggy shrub of moderate size; C. circinata (often 

 called C. rugosa), which is a large bush or low tree with 

 red foot-stalks to the fruits; the hybrid C. Arnoldiana, 

 which is a fair-sized shrub; and C. stolonifera, the Old 

 World C. alba and C. sanguinea, too well known to 

 need description. A Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera 

 quinquelocularis) with white or yellowish translucent 

 fruits in which the black seeds are clearly visible is 

 also worthy of note. 



