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and blooms even more freely there than it does in the wild 
state. ©. acuminata, and other species, are found in the 
Southern States. 
COLUTEA,.—BLappER SENNA. 
(Name from the Greek, signifying to make a sound ; probably in allusion to 
the noise produced by the bursting of the bladder-like fruit.1 
Coliitea aboréscens, grows about ten feet high, with 
yellow or orange pea-shaped flowers, which are succeeded 
by seed-vessels like bladders; in June and July. C. cru- 
enta, four feet high, has reddish flowers. All are free 
growers, and well adapted to introduce into extensive 
shrubberies. 
CORONILLA.—Scorrton-SENnna. 
CNamed from corona, a crown, Its pretty flowers are disposed in little tufts 
like coronets.] 
Coronilla ¢merus, or Scorpion Senna, is a native of 
most parts of Europe. It has yellow, pea-shaped flowers 
in little heads, in June. It is a delicate shrub, with hand- 
some foliage; somewhat tender when exposed to the full 
rays of the sun, but when grown among other bushes suc- 
ceeds very well. Its height rarely exceeds three feet. 
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CORNUS,—Cornet—Doewoon. 
[Name from the Latin, cornu, a horn, the wood being very hard and durable.) 
The larger species of this genus are hardy ornamental 
shrubs, mostly North American, and are prized not only 
for their flowers and different colored berries, but for 
their red, purple or striped bark, which has a fine effect in 
winter, especially among evergreens. 
