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DOGWOOD (i.e. See also: plants of the genus See also: Cornus, of the natural See also: order Cornaceae
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The See also: common dogwood, prick-See also: wood, skewer-wood, cornel or dogberry, C. sanguinea, is a See also: shrub reaching a height of 8 or 9 ft., common in hedges, thickets and plantations in See also: Great Britain
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Its branches are dark red; the leaves See also: egg-shaped, pointed, about 2 in. long by Ia broad, and turning red in autumn; the See also: flowers are dull See also: white, in terminal clusters
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The berries are small, of a black-
See also: purple, 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
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The wood is white and very hard, and like that of other See also: species of the genus is used for making ladder-spokes, See also: wheel-See also: work, skewers, forks and other implements, and See also: gunpowder See also: charcoal
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The red berries of the dwarf species, C. suecica, of the Scottish See also: Highlands, are eaten, and are reputed to be tonic in properties
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C. mas, the Cornelian See also: cherry, a native of See also: Europe and See also: Northern See also: Asia, bears a pulpy and edible fruit, which when unripe contains much See also: tannin
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It is a See also: good garden plant, as is also the See also: North See also: American speciesC.See also: florida, one of the commonest trees of the deciduous forests of the See also: middle and See also: southern states
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See also: Sargent (See also: Silva' _of North See also: America) describes it as " one of the most beautiful of the small trees of the American forests, which it enlivens in early spring with the whiteness of its floral leaves and in autumn with the splendour of its foliage and the brilliancy of its fruit
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No See also: tree is more desirable in the garden or See also: park in regions where the summer's See also: sun is sufficiently hot to ensure the production of its flowers through the perfect development of the branchlets." The See also: Jamaica dogwood, the See also: root-bark of which is poisonous, is the species Piscidia Erythrina, of the natural order See also: Leguminosae
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