. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 378 CORNUS CORNUS 4. dlba, Linn. (C. Tatdrica, Mill.). Shrub, to 10 ft., â with usually erect stem and bright blood-red branches, mostly with glaucous bloom when young; Its. obtuse at the base, ovate or elliptic, somewhat buUate or rugose aboTe, acute, 1J^-3H in. long: cymes dense, small; disk. â .â yu-ct,&quot


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 378 CORNUS CORNUS 4. dlba, Linn. (C. Tatdrica, Mill.). Shrub, to 10 ft., â with usually erect stem and bright blood-red branches, mostly with glaucous bloom when young; Its. obtuse at the base, ovate or elliptic, somewhat buUate or rugose aboTe, acute, 1J^-3H in. long: cymes dense, small; disk. â .â yu-ct," 556. Comus stolonifera. yellow; fr. light bluish, sometimes whitish; stone usually higher than broad, flat. Siberia, N. China. âVar. arg^u- teo-marginS,ta, Hort. Lvs. edged white. Var. Spaethi, Hort. Lvs. broadly edged yellow. Var. Sibirica, Lodd. Branches bright coral-red. There are also some other varieties with variegated lvs. EE. Jjvs. with woolly pubescence beneath, rarely nearly glabrous. F. Fruit white. 5. Baileyi, Coult. & Evans. Fig. 553. Erect shrub, with reddish branches: lvs. ovate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, white beneath,with woolly and with appressed hairs, 2-5 in. long: fls. in small rather compact woolly cymes: stone of the fruit much broader than high, com- pressed and flat-topped. Pa. to Minn, and Wyoming. 3; 465. â A very handsome species of upright growth, with dark red branches, blooming nearly all summer, and of a distinct grayish hue, due to the slightly upward curled lvs. The fall color of foliage and winter color of twigs are unequaled. Not as yet in the trade. Well adapted for sandy soil. FF. Fr. black, blue or bluish or greenish white. 6. 'Hgrit. Shrub,3-10 ft.; the young branches green, blotched purple, older ones purplish : lvs. or- bicular or broadly ovate, acute or short- acuminate, slightly pubescent above, pale and densely pubescent beneath, 2-6 in. long: cymes rather dense; fr. light blue or greenish white. Ma


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