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Sunday, June 17, 2012
May 31: English Dogwood
This flower is very pretty but has no scent. It is English Dogwood, sometimes also called Mockorange.
The name "dogwood" is a bit weird -- there are no "catwood"s or "horsewood"s or even "birdwood"s -- but it may have evolved come from the word "dagwood" since the wood of this tree is slender yet hard, and so good for making daggers. And since we all know that "dagwood" is a familiar name (as in Blondie and Dagwood), this at least seems plausible.
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