See also:

• DOGWOOD (i.e. wood of the dog-tree; referred by the New English Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," " dagger," and by Prior with A.S. dolt, a brooch-pin)

DOGWOOD (i.e. See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood of the See also:

• DOG

dog-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree; referred by the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," " See also:

• DAGGER

dagger," and by See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior with A.S. dolt, a See also:

• BROOCH, or BROACH (from the Fr. broths, originally an awl or bodkin; a spit is sometimes called a broach, and hence the phrase " to broach a barrel "; see BROKER)

brooch-See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin)  , the name applied to See also:

• PLANTS

plants of the genus See also:

• CORNUS

Cornus, of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Cornaceae . The See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• DOGWOOD (i.e. wood of the dog-tree; referred by the New English Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," " dagger," and by Prior with A.S. dolt, a brooch-pin)

dogwood, prick-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, skewer-wood, cornel or dogberry, C. sanguinea, is a See also:

• SHRUB

shrub reaching a height of 8 or 9 ft., common in hedges, thickets and plantations in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . Its branches are dark red; the leaves See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg-shaped, pointed, about 2 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by Ia broad, and turning red in autumn; the See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are dull See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, in terminal clusters . The berries are small, of a See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black-See also:

• PURPLE

purple, See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter and one-seeded, and contain a considerable percentage of oil, which in some places is employed for lamps, and in the manufacture of See also:

• SOAP

soap . The wood is white and very hard, and like that of other See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus is used for making See also:

• LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder-spokes, See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel-See also:

• WORK

work, skewers, forks and other implements, and See also:

• GUNPOWDER

gunpowder See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal . The red berries of the See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf species, C. suecica, of the Scottish See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands, are eaten, and are reputed to be tonic in properties . C. mas, the Cornelian See also:

• CHERRY

cherry, a native of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• ASIA

Asia, bears a pulpy and edible See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, which when unripe contains much See also:

• TANNIN, or TANNIC ACID

tannin . It is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden plant, as is also the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American speciesC.See also:

• FLORIDA

florida, one of the commonest trees of the See also:

• DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous forests of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern states . See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor C . S . See also:

• SARGENT, JOHN SINGER (1856– )

Sargent (See also:

• SILVA, ANTONIO JOSE DA (1705–1739)

Silva' _of North See also:

• AMERICA

America) describes it as " one of the most beautiful of the small trees of the American forests, which it enlivens in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring with the whiteness of its floral leaves and in autumn with the splendour of its foliage and the brilliancy of its fruit . No See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree is more desirable in the garden or See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park in regions where the summer's See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun is sufficiently hot to ensure the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of its flowers through the perfect development of the branchlets." The See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica dogwood, the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root-bark of which is poisonous, is the species Piscidia Erythrina, of the natural order See also:

• LEGUMINOSAE

Leguminosae .