Blooms of the white Dogwood demonstrate the 
beauty of simplicity. They are familiar to most 
Americans, for the tree is native to a great part of 
the eastern United States from the New England 
states south along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 
inland to the Mississippi valley and north to 
Canada. Virginia especially is proud of her 
Dogwoods. 
The Dogwood is a rapid-growing tree that often 
blooms when very young. At the edge of a wood- 
land, among taller-growing trees, it is extremely 
effective, for then the flowers seem unusually lacy 
among the branches. Backed by evergreens it 
makes a superb picture. Dogwoods outlive most 
other flowering trees, and throughout the area 
where they grow wild there are veterans of many 
years to be seen. 
Birds find a Dogwood planting a happy hunting 
ground, for the scarlet berries are very much to 
their liking. They have helped to scatter the seed 
over a wide territory. 

A recent addition to the Dogwood family 
is the increasingly popular double form pic- 
tured at the right, Cornus florida plena. 
In planting Dogwoods around the home, 
it is wise to duplicate their natural surround- 
ings as nearly as possible. They endure either 
full sun or full shade; acid soil and a well- 
drained situation suit them best. Both 
spring and fall plantings are successful, but 
March and April are the preferred months. 
As with all trees and shrubs, it is necessary 
to have them carefully dug, with a good ball 
of earth. 
CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA. Pagoda Dogwood. A 
very picturesque small tree with spreading, irregu- 
lar whorls of horizontal branches. a 
Cc. AMOMUM. Silky Dogwood. A late-blooming 
variety with red stems and corymbs of white 
flowers in June. Attractive blue berries. 
C. FLORIDA. Flowering Dogwood. This is the 
white Dogwood known and loved by all who have 
seen it growing wild. It reaches a height of 15 to 
25 feet and is covered with bracts of large single 
white flowers in spring. Scarlet berries in the fall. 
Cc. FLORIDA PLENA. Double White-flowering 
Dogwood. A type of the native Dogwood with 
double flowers. An interesting variation. 
C. FLORIDA RUBRA. Pink-flowering Dogwood. 
Deep pink sport of the American Dogwood which 
makes a fine specimen and is especially pleasing 
when mingled with its white parent in a planting. 
C. KOUSA. Japanese Dogwood. Large floral heads, 
5 to 6 inches across, that are very abundant in 
June and last at least a month, becoming pink 
with age. Red berries and scarlet foliage in the fall. 
C. SANGUINEA. Bloodtwig Dogwood. A tall 
shrub growing 10 to 12 feet high. The branches 
are purple or red, and the fruit black. 
C. STOLONIFERA FLAVIRAMEA. Yellow-twig 
Dogwood. Distinctive for its yellow branches. 

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