CERCIS Japonica. Japan Judas Tree. The native form is known as 
the Red Bud and is a striking feature of the countryside in early 
spring. The Japan form has larger reddish purple flowers more 
deeply colored than those of the American variety. 
CHESTNUT. See Castanea. 
White-flowering Dogwood 
CLADRASTIS tinctoria (Virgilia lutea). Yellow Wood. Of 
moderate growth, short trunk, broadly rounded head, compound 
foliage of a light green, turning yellow in the autumn ; flowers pea- 
shaped, sweet scented and appearing in June in great profusion, in 
long drooping racemes, covering the tree. One of the handsomest 
ornamental trees in cultivation. 
CORNUS florida. White-i-lowering Dogwood. Spreading irregu- 
lar ; foliage firm, rich texture, piled together in distinctly layer-like 
masses, and, in the fall, of a rich crimson color ; large milky white 
flowers in early spring. One of our most valuable small trees. Should 
be transplanted when small. 
var. rubra. Red-flowering Dogwood. This is a very marked va- 
riety of the native Dogwood. In habit it is very similar to the type 
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