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There are but few persons who do not know the White-flowered Dogwood, so common throughcrat 
the Eastern, Middle and Southern States, and so valued for its attractive large white flowers in May ; its 
bright scarlet berries and beautiful colored foliage in autumn. 
The Red-flowered form of it is of recent introduction, but has already gained a prominent plnce in 
the estimation of those who have seen it. In growth it is more close and upright, with foliage of a darker 
green and more closely set along the branches. The lar<;e, deep, rosy-pink flowers are of course the chief 
attraction, being of conspicuous beauty and lasting for a long time. It blooms when quite young — a deci- 
ded advantage over the common one, and it is no uncommon sight to see small plants of but three to four 
feet high thickly set with flowers. Though introduced but a few years, it has already been most favorably 
mentioned by writers in the leading magazines, as the following extracts will show : 
From American Garden, Sept. , 1890.-" Among our 
collectiiin of new and rare ornamental trees and 
shubs none have givpn us more pleasure and satisiac- 
tion than the lieautiful Red-flowered DoRwood. It 
has bloomed before for ux, butas the plants were 
small it did not show to perfection. But this year it 
has haci agiMKl opportunity to display its charms, and 
it seemed to snrpass itself. Imagine a large, well- 
developed bloom of the white-flowered i)ogwood 
three to fcmr inches across, but instead of being 
white, you see it the most beautiful deep pink. We 
had three and four year-old planis this year Init five 
feet high, with over seventy good-sized, well-devel- 
oped l>l-M->ras on each plant 
iThe foliage is alio quite different from the parent 
plant, the white-flowered Dogwood, as it is much 
darker in color, and has somewliat of a velvt-ty 
appearance. One can readily select a Rert-flowcred 
one troiu among a number oi the parent plants sim- 
ply by the difference in the foliage. 
iiike all Dogwoods, it is readily transplanted, as it 
makes plenty of fibrous roots, even wlieii a good- 
sized tree. It is destined to be one of tlie inn.st pop- 
ular ornamental flowering trees within a very few 
years." 
The JTorticttUural ArlJournal illustrates it with 
a colored pl-.ite, ami also gives it the following no- 
tice :—" In walking through the woods in spring 
when the wliite Dogwoods are in bloom, we have 
often seen flowei"s that had quite a tinge of pink 
'unning through them, though not sufficient to make 
them particularly desirable. When this new fUjd- 
flowered variety was first introduced, many persons 
chought it was but one of these light pink forma 
that was perhaps a trifle more marked than some of 
the wild white ones. Being anxious to learn just what 
meritit possessed, through ihe kindness of the origi- 
nators, we secured some flowers of it, and upon 
opening the box were agreeably surprised to find 
them of the most beautiful rosy-pink color, some- 
what bordering on red. A growing plant before us 
also showed the leaves to have a rich, velvety ap- 
pearance, and to be darker than the white variety. 
So much so.thatit w.as quite easy todistinguish them 
when growing side by side. The tree makes a close, 
upright growth, another characteristic of its own. 
'That this is umloubtertlvagranda :quisition to the 
list of ornaiiieoial flowering trees, no one will doubt 
after seeing it in blooin. 
Can any one iiimgine a more beautiful or more 
unique group on the lawn than the Ked-flowered, 
the White-flowered and the Weeping Dogwood 1 ' 
The Philadelphia Weekly Prens. May 21st, says :— 
"The common white-flowered dogwood ot tiie wooil-i 
is now ill flower, its large white blossoms attracting 
the passer-by. No wonder foreigners speak so ad. 
miringly otour beanfifnl wood-'. The Weeping form 
isalsori'iwering in gardens. Thisyearit is uncom- 
monly lull of flowers, interspersed with its droop- 
ing twigs. It is not well-known that there is now a 
Red-flowering variety ot the Dogwood, but there is, 
and what a beauty it is. It is not a humbug, as so 
«iany new -liings are. It is called Red-flowering 
Dogwood, bnt with a large bush In full flower before 
me to-day xa guide me, I should call it a rosy-pink. 
If a common one were flowering near it, what a 
pleasing pair they would make." 
From Popular Oarclenina and Fruit Gronnng, 
Reptember, l,S90.— ''Tliis hardy shrub of recent iutro- 
duction appears to be one of the most promising 
subjects of the large collection recently planted on 
our trial grounds. Indeed to the extent we can 
judge now, near the end of the second seiu^on from 
planting, it is destined to take front rank among all 
shrubs suitable for lawn or cemetery adornment. 
On our bush, flr)wers appeared in profusion during 
the past spring, one season after setting out. The 
common white type, flouda, planted at the same 
time and under similar conditions showetl no blonm. 
Theflowers, or rather petal like involucies, which 
surround the flowers, are in this variety as large as 
in the common one and of a deep rosy red hue, and 
possess a degree of attractiveness that is wholly 
without equal among hardy shrubs of the season. 
The Red Flowering bush is of free growth, in this 
respect excelling the common species on our own 
grounds, lor we note that while the former shows 
scores of this year's shoots from 12 to 1.5 incites long, 
those on trees of the latter do not average one-half 
this size. The form of growth is decidedly shrubby, 
our plant being now three feet high and tile same 
measure across and dense throughout. Altogether 
we must look upon this shruli as well worthy ot trial 
by readers who are desirous of increasing their col- 
lection of the choicer new shrubs." 
From Practical Farmer, Philadelphia. — " Tl)6 
common Dogwood which abounds in the wood-" in 
all the middle State.", is a shrub orsinalltree known 
to almost every one, for there are but few who hav ^ 
not admired its lovely white flowers so prominently 
displayed in the woods in the month of May. Some 
years ago the lovers of trees were surprised to hear 
of a Weeping form ot this tree. Much pleasure has 
been derived fiom this unique treasuie by hundreds 
of those who have since obtained a tree of it. Un- 
like any other Weeper and possessing the pleasing 
character ot flower and fruit which characterizes 
the other, it fills a place that was unoccupied until 
its advent. But to make this family of Dogwoods 
more complete, as it were, the lioi ticuliural world 
was treated recently to what i:i undoubtedly one of 
the most valuable additions ever made to hardy 
shrubs, namely, the Rcd-flowereil Dogwood. When 
first announced to the pulilic, people were skeptical, 
as they had a right to be until its claims were proved. 
Many IJ.igwoods exist in the woods of a faint, pink 
tinge witli the white, and itwas aviriuised tnat this 
was one of them. But since its flowering, which it 
h )S done in several places for the last few seasons, 
all doubt has disappeared, and to-day it stamls at the 
head ot tue li«tor new shrubs of the highest merit. 
Theflowers are of a rosy-pink color, and when doz- 
ens of them are expanded on a small-sized bush, its 
great heanry may be imagined. It :» thought to be 
more prolific of bloom than the ordi.iary form, small 
bushes of but tour to five feet high Jiave produced 
six dozen blooms." 
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This rare Tree, so admirable for the lawn, as conspicuous and beautiful 
as the best Magnolia, and far better for our climate, may be 
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