864 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



C. Florida L. Flowering Dogwood. 



Distributed throughout the State, but more abundant and of 

 larger size in the southern half. 



Flowers in May and June, according to portion of State in 

 which it is found and exposure. 



The wood is very hard and susceptible of a high polish. It 

 varies in color from brown to greenish and reddish tints. While 

 difficult to season, it is used somewhat extensively in turnery, for 

 wood engravings, the bearings of machinery, hubs of wheels, etc. 

 It is reported from almost every county of the State. The species 

 should be preserved where not interfering with agricultural areas, 

 not only on account of its potential value when other more 

 easily-worked timbers are exhausted, but also because its fruit 

 furnishes food for many forms of helpful birds. 



C. circlnata L'Her. Round leaved Dogwood. 



This shrub-like dogwood is from eight to ten feet high and is 

 found in rich or sandy soil, in our bounds reaching its highest 

 development in numbers in the latter. It is probably sparsely 

 scattered throughout the State in favorable localities, though 

 definitely reported from only two counties. 



Vigo (Blatchley); Lake (Barnes); Hamilton and Marion (Wil- 

 son). 



C. Amonum Mill. Silky Cornel. Kinnikinnik. 



(C. sericea L.) 



Distributed throughout the State in wet soils, although no- 

 where abundant. 



Flowers in June. 



Eeported as follows: Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Monroe and 

 Vigo (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van G order); Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Fayette (Hessler); Franklin (Meyncke); Falls 

 of the Ohio, 1839 (Clapp); Steuben (Bradner); Lake and Jeffer- 

 son. 



C. ASPERIFOLIA Michx. 



A rather tall shrub flowering in May and June. It finds its 

 best development in dry, sandy soil. Its reported stations are: 

 Tippecanoe (Coulter); Putnam (MacDougal); Bartholomew 

 (Barnes); Knox (Spillman). 



