THE DOGWOOD. 



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is not fit even for a dog," on which account, also, it 

 was formerly named Dogberry and Hound's-tree. 

 It is also called Prickwood, from its wood being 

 frequently made into tooth-picks and skewers. 



It usually grows in the form of a thick bush ; 

 but may occasionally be seen trained up to be a 



round-headed tree, from fifteen to twenty feet 

 high, and with a stem six inches in diameter. 

 Unlike most other trees, it is best distinguished 

 in winter, when its bright red branches (which in 

 some places give it the name of Bloody-twig) are 



