Nature Notes From Crater Lake
Volume 5, No. 1, July 1932
Crater Lake Dogwood
By D. S. Libbey
Last fall the Dogwood trees along the
highway approaches to Crater Lake were in bloom. Again as we came up
about the middle of June we found the Dogwood in blossom. Often the
question is asked, why call a tree such a homely name? This is the
explanation given by the Pennsylvania Department of Forests: "A very
astringent concoction used to be stripped from the Dogwood and used to
wash mangy dogs. That is how the tree got its name. The bark of the
flowering Dogwood yields quinine."
