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mountains of Nipal, was introduced into Cornwall in 1S25, and, 

 flowering and fruiting freely, is a pleasing addition to the 

 shrubber)'. Cuniiii ftoiida, the American Dogwood, a native of 

 the United States, furnishes a wood useful for turnery and 

 engraving, and the bark of this and other^ species is used as a 

 substitute for quinine. The Coniiis of the ancients was the 

 Cornelian Cherry, Curiiiis indscida. whose little clusters of yellow 



COr^NUS SANGU 



starry flowers are among the earliest heralds of sprhig. Its fruit 

 is like a small plum, with a ver)' austere flesh, but at\er keeping 

 it becomes pleasantly acid. The Turks still use it in the manu- 

 facture of sherbet, and the bark of the sanre species furnishes the 

 red dye for their fez. Two species of Cdnms are the only liritish 

 representatives of the Order. 



I. Cc'iKNL's (Corneiy — Herbs, shrubs, or trees; lemres usually 

 opposite ; fiowen small, white or vellow ; petals \alvate ; ovary 

 2-chambered. (Xame from the Latin, referring to the horny 

 hardness of the wo-od.) 



1. C. suidca (Dwarf Cornel). — Herbaceous; rhizome woody, 

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