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CORNEL TREE, or DOGWOOD.— CORNUS 

 SANGUINE A; and 



CORNELIAN CHERRY.— CORNUS 

 MASCULA. 



Natural order, Stellatce. Caprifolia, Juss. 

 A genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class. 



" His cornel spear 



Ulysses wav'd, to rouse the savage war." 



Odyssey, book xix. 



" Fix'd in the wound th' Italian cornel stood." 



JEneis. 



It is to the lines of these matchless poets 

 that we are indebted for much curious in- 

 formation relating to the use the ancients 

 made of the different trees and shrubs. Virgil 

 further informs us, 



" The war from stubborn myrtle shafts receives ; 

 From cornels jav'lins; and the tougher yew 

 Receives the bending figure of a bow." 



Georg, ii. 



The iEneis informs us that the murder of 

 the youthful Polydore was discovered by the 

 shafts and lances with which he was slain 



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