Horticultural Value.—Hardy throughout New England, adapting itself to a great variety of situations, but preferring a soil that is constantly moist. Nursery or good collected plants are easily transplanted. A disease, similar in its effect to the pear blight, so often disfigures it that it is not desirable for use in important plantations.
Plate LXXX.—Cornus alternifolia.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Flowering branch. |
| 3. Flower with one petal and two stamens removed, side view. |
| 4. Flower, view from above. |
| 5. Fruiting branch. |
Nyssa sylvatica, Marsh.
Tupelo. Sour Gum. Pepperidge.
Habitat and Range.—In rich, moist soil, in swamps and on the borders of rivers and ponds.
Ontario.