64 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
deciduous woods, and is about as well known to young 
persons as any of our native plants, not excepting the 
trailing arbutus. 
Flowering shrubs hold a prominent place in the 
records of June. Thi¢kly scattered along the roadsides 
and forming no inconsiderable part of the beautiful 
fringe with which Nature trims the edges of her robes 
are at least six species of the genus Cornus, the flower- 
ing dogwood (Cornus florida, L.), the dwarf cornel (C. 
Canadensis, L.), the alternate-leaved cornel (C. alternt- 
Jolia, L. f.), the panicled cornel (C. paniculata, L’Her.), 
the round-leaved cornel (C. cércinata, L’Her.), and the 
silky cornel (C. sericea, L.). The first of these is the 
most attractive. The flowers are borne in a head or close 
cluster surrounded by a large and showy four-leaved, 
corolla-like, white, sometimes pinkish, involucre. Scat- 
tered among the greenery it is admired by all who see 
it. Its bright red berries are no less ornamental. The 
dwarf cornel, often called bunchberry, rarely grows 
more than six or seven inches high. Its flowers seem 
like small copies of the larger species just described, 
and the connection is quite plain. In damp, cold 
woods to the northward it is very abundant. 
The six species follow each other closely, so that 
for more than a month one or another of them is always 
in bloom. Each has its own characteristic habit of 
flowering, and is easily distinguished from the others. 
