DOGWOOD. 
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Gadrise means Goad-shrub {Gad-riis), and Gatteridge is gaitre 
rouge, from the red colour of the bare twigs. 
But we must not overlook the shrub itself whilst considering 
its wealth of names. It grows to a height of six or eight feet, 
and is clothed with opposite oval leaves, which are smooth on 
Dogwood, or Cornel. 
A, flowers ; B, berries. 
both surfaces. The honeyed flowers are produced in June or 
July at the extremities of the branches in dense round cymes. 
Individually they are small (one-third of an inch across), opaque 
white, with four petals and four stamens, which mature con- 
currently with the stigma. They give out an unpleasant 
odour, which appears to render them more attractive to flies and 
