. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. 47. THE DOGWOOD. Gornus swngiuinea. Plate 5, 1''ig. 14. ''^^^^^d{t ^I^SON twigs, green leaves, white flowers, and dark-purple fruit, offer colours rarely to be found in individual Trees. Yet all these colours are possessed by the sub- ject of this chapter. Its peculiar redness of twig has indeed earned for it its specific botanical name. It grows to a height not unfrequently of fifteen feet, opens its white, four-petalled flowers against its crimson shoots in June, ripens its berries into purple in August or September, and then gives new beaiity to the wood
. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. 47. THE DOGWOOD. Gornus swngiuinea. Plate 5, 1''ig. 14. ''^^^^^d{t ^I^SON twigs, green leaves, white flowers, and dark-purple fruit, offer colours rarely to be found in individual Trees. Yet all these colours are possessed by the sub- ject of this chapter. Its peculiar redness of twig has indeed earned for it its specific botanical name. It grows to a height not unfrequently of fifteen feet, opens its white, four-petalled flowers against its crimson shoots in June, ripens its berries into purple in August or September, and then gives new beaiity to the woodland by tinging its decay-. 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 Heath, Francis George, 1843-1913. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
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