DOGWOOD FAMILY 
glowing mass of scarlet, sometimes dashed with orange. xc 
is the most fiery and brilliant of all that brilliant group,—the 
maple, dogwood, sassafras, liquidambar, and tupelo, 
The wood is noted for the unusual arrangement of its fibres 
which instead of running in parallel lines are curiously twisted 
and interwoven, so that it is extremely difficult to split. 
The tree has different names in different parts of the 
country. In the south it is generally cailed Sour Gum, in 
the middle west, Pepperidge, and in New England it retains 
its pretty Indian name, ‘Tupelo, 
