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name as contrasted with C. alba, both names applying to the fruit. The wood, 
which is hard, though not nearly so much so as that of Cornus mds, was 
formerly used for mill-cogs, and for various purposes in rustic carpentry ; and 
it still makes excellent skewers for butchers, toothpicks, and similar articles. 
The bark tastes like apples. 
w 3. C. a‘Lpa L. The white-fruited Dogwood. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., p. 40.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 399. 
Synonymes. C. stolonifera Michz. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 109.3; C. tat&rica Mill. Icon. t. 104. 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., i. t. 34. ; and our jig. 914. 
Spee. Char., §c. Branches recurved. Branchlets 
glabrous. Leaves ovate, acute, pubescent, hoary 
beneath. Corymbs depressed. Branches of a 
fine red colour. Fruit white, or bluish white. 
(Don’s Mill.) A large shrub. Siberia, at the 
rivers Oby and Irtysch, among bushes, &c. ; 
North America, from Virginia to Canada, on the 
banks of rivers and lakes; and also in North 
California. Height 4 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 
1741, Flowers white; May to July. Fruit 
white or bluish white ; ripe in September. De- 
caying leaves red or reddish yellow. Naked 
young wood intensely red or coral colour. 
Varieties. 
a C. a. 2 circinata Don’s Mill. iii. p. 399., C. 
circinata Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea iii. 
p. 139., has the berries of a lead colour. Throughout Canada, and 
from Lake Huron to lat. 69° n. 
a C. a. 3 sibirica Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the shoots of a fine orange 
red, covered with a delicate bloom. It makes a splendid appearance 
in the winter season. 
914. ¢. Glba. 
Interesting in summer, from its fine large leaves and white flowers ; in au- 
tumn, from its white fruit, which are about the size and colour of those of the 
mistletoe ; and in the winter and spring, from the fine red of its young shoots. 
% 4, C.(a.) stRi’cta Lam. The straight-branched Dogwood. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 3. p. 116. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 399. 
Synonymes. C. fastigiata Michr. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 92.; C. sanguinea Waiz., but not of Lin. ; C. 
cyanocarpos Gmel. Syst. Veg.1. p. 257.; C.canadénsis Hort. Par.; C. certlea Meerb. Icon: 3., 
but not of Lam. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 67. and our figs. 915, 916. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches straight, 
fastigiate. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 
glabrous, green on both surfaces ; 
when young, hardly pubescent be- 
neath. Corymbs convex, somewhat 
panicled. Branches reddish brown. 
Anthers blue. Pomes globose, soft, 
blue on the outside, but white in- 
side. (Don’s Mill.) An upright shrub. 
North America, from Carolina to Ca- 
nada, frequent on the banks of rivers ; 
also in Mexico, between Tampico and 
Real del Monte. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. 
rarely 20ft. Introd. 1758. Flowers 
white; June and July. Fruit blue ¥% ‘ 
without and white within; ripe in 16. ¢ (a)stricta. 
October. Decaying leaves reddish e 
21S. C. 4a.) stricta, green. Naked panne wood green, or rusty green. 
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