. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Western Dogwood 747 flower buds differ, however, in being naked, the flower clusters not being enclosed by the bracts, which are only at their bases. The leaves are quite thin, ovate to somewhat obovate, sharp or short taper-pointed at the apex, and tapering at the base, slightly scalloped on the margin, bright green and sparingly hairy with im- pressed venation above, whitish-hairy and prominently veined beneath, the lea
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Western Dogwood 747 flower buds differ, however, in being naked, the flower clusters not being enclosed by the bracts, which are only at their bases. The leaves are quite thin, ovate to somewhat obovate, sharp or short taper-pointed at the apex, and tapering at the base, slightly scalloped on the margin, bright green and sparingly hairy with im- pressed venation above, whitish-hairy and prominently veined beneath, the leaf- stalk short, stout, grooved, and hairy. The flowers appear from May to July, and occasionally in the autumn, in dense heads, surrounded by an involucre of 4 to 6 showy white or pink petal-like bracts, each 4 to 8 cm. long, to 5 cm. wide, nar-, rowly oblong to obovate, or rarely orbicular in outline, variously pointed or blunt. Fig. 6S4. — Western Dogwood. at the apex, thickened and contracted toward the base, strongly veined and retic- ulated; the calyx is yellow-green or purplish with darker lobes; the petals linear, blunt, usually spreading, yellowish green or pale purple. The drupes, crowded in globular heads of 20 to 40, are about 12 mm. long, ovoid, but more or less flat- tened; they are light red or orange-colored, bearing the persistent calyx; the flesh is thick, containing a grooved blunt-pointed i- or 2-seeded stone. The wood is hard, close-grained, hght red-brown and satiny, with a specific gravity of about , and is used for cabinet work and tool handles. This beautiful tree has not to our knowledge been successfully grown in the northeastern Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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