Lindley s New Double-Flowering Dogwood 
HROUGH the entire South, and in most parts of the North, the 
Flowering Dogwood is a familiar object in park plantings and on 
the grounds of large estates. In the mountain regions of the Blue 
Ridge system, as well as in other parts of the state, and as far 
north as Massachusetts, the shrub is found growing wild on the 
slopes among taller trees and other shrubs. The variety with 
which we are all familiar is known botanically as Cornus florida, 
although other varieties are grown in ornamental plantings. 
Several years ago a gentlemen living in Orange County, North Carolina, 
noticed a small tree of the Dogwood family blooming with others in the woods 
near his home. The peculiar form of the flowers attracted his attention, and the 
tree was cared for several years, when it was brought to the attention of Mr. J. 
Van Lindley, who at once recognized it as an entirely new species of Dogwood. 
Propagation by budding began immediately. This work has been continued 
without interruption until, at the present time, we have several thousand of the 
little trees in splendid growing condition, varying in height from three to six feet, 
and with a root-system which will insure successful transplanting to any part of the 
country where the Dogwoods are grown. 
A number of the trees first budded from the parent have been grown under 
trying conditions, so that we might know whether this new species would prove 
hardy and satisfactory in low temperatures and in poor soil. These trials have 
shown the Lindley New Double-flowering Dogwood to be as hardy as the old 
variety, Cornus florida. The newcomer has withstood a temperature of six degrees 
above zero without losing a twig. 
The tree is really a prettier grower than the common Dogwood. When full 
grown it is from fifteen to twenty feet tall, and unusually symmetrical—the 
branches forming an almost perfect globe of flowers and foliage. The foliage is 
similar to that of the other species, dark green on the upper side of the leaf, with a 
whitish green under-surface. In the autumn the foliage is beautifully colored with 
scarlet and crimson. 
Lindley’s New Double-flowering Dogwood is more satisfactory than the old 
varieties, for it blooms more freely than any of the others. The flowers are pure 
white, with double center, and larger than those of the old, familiar variety. The 
engraving of the flower on the opposite side of this page is about two-thirds natural 
size, but very plainly shows the type of the flower. The tree comes into bloom in 
April and May, at about the same time as the other Dogwoods. The habit has 
been carefully observed at each blooming season, and we are sure that the type is 
thoroughly fixed—all the flowers coming double. 
Lindley’s New Double-flowering Dogwood grows in shaded places as well as 
in the full sun, and is not particular as to what kind of soil it is planted in—sand, 
clay, loam are all the same to this hardy new species. The picture on the other 
side of this page was made from a two-year-old tree in our nursery, and we want 
you to notice particularly the straight, tapering trunk, and the form of the head. 
The root-system is not an actual photograph, but is the artist’s conception, as 
the photograph was made before the burlap was taken off, the tree having been 
shipped from Pomona, N. C., to Harrisburg, Pa., in full bloom, in order to get a 
photograph in actual colors. This is an average specimen from the field, and was 
not selected because of any unusual features. We will fill our orders with trees 
that are equally good in all respects. Some of the trees, however, were budded 
higher than others on the stock and have more of a tree effect. You might state 
which you prefer, high- or low-budded, and we will give it to you if possible. 
Ask for quotation on large or small quantities 
J. VAN LINDLEY NURSERY CO., Pomona, N. C. 
