Complimentary 
NEW SERIES VOL. I 
NO. 13 
ARNOLD ARBORETUM 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
LIBRARY 
YORK 
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BULLETIN 
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POPULAR INFORMATION 
JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. JULY 16, 1915 
Cornus Amomum, the Silky Cornel, which has been much used in the 
Arboretum, has been in flower here for several days. In cultivation 
it is not a satisfactory plant unless it can be given sufficient room for 
its wide-spreading branches to extend freely and spread over the 
ground. When crowded by other plants the branches become erect 
and it loses its real beauty and value. To be seen at its best this 
Cornel should have a clear space with a diameter of not less than 
twenty feet in which to spread. It is well suited for the front of 
groups of trees and shrubs, and there is no better shrub to plant by 
the margins of ponds and streams where it3 long branches can hang 
gracefully over the water. Its purple stems are attractive in winter, 
and the bright blue fruits which ripen in the autumn add to the 
value of this native shrub. In the Cornel Group, at the junction of 
the Meadow and Bussey Hill Roads, there is a good specimen of 
this plant, and its value for planting near water can be seen on the 
borders of the small pond in the rear of the Cornel Group. 
Cornus asperifolia. This Cornel flowers a week or ten days later 
than che Silky Cornel. It is a widely distributed plant from western 
New England to Texas, and under favorable conditions becomes a tree 
occasionally forty feet high. At the north, however, it is a tall, broad 
shrub with erect and slightly spreading branches. The flower-clusters 
are small but are produced in great profusion and are followed by 
white fruits. There is a large specimen among the other Cornels near 
the junction of the Meadow and Bussey Hill Roads. 
Cornus paucinervis. It was hardly to have been expected that this 
Chinese shrub could flourish in New England for it grows naturally 
not much above the sea-level central China in a climate where the 
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