. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 684 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Synonymes. Cdrnus mds odorjLtti, folio trifido, margine piano. Sassafras dicta, PjMh. Aim. 120 t, 222. f. 6. ; Sassafras arbor, ex Florida, ticuliico folio, Bauk. Pin. 431.; Sassafras sp. C. G. Nees VoH Esenbeck \ Persea Sassafras Spreng.; Laurier
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 684 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Synonymes. Cdrnus mds odorjLtti, folio trifido, margine piano. Sassafras dicta, PjMh. Aim. 120 t, 222. f. 6. ; Sassafras arbor, ex Florida, ticuliico folio, Bauk. Pin. 431.; Sassafras sp. C. G. Nees VoH Esenbeck \ Persea Sassafras Spreng.; Laurier Sassafras, i^V.; Sassafras Lorbeer, Sas- sofrasso, Ital. Engravings. Catesb. Car., 1. t. .3^.; N. Du Ham., 5. t. il4.; plates in Arb. Brit., 1st ed. vol. vii. j and oar fig. 1333. i iSjoco. Char., Sfc. Sexes dioecious. Arborescent. Leaves and flowers pro- duced from the same buds. Buds, younger branches, and the under surface of the leaves, pubescent. Leaves entire, or with 2â3 lobes. Veins pro- â minent on the under side. Flowers in corymbose conglomerate racemes. Anthers with 4 unequal cells. In the female flower, additionally to the pistil, are 6 gland-like bodies, like those in the male flowers. (Nvtt.) A decidu- ous tree. South Carohna. Height 40 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1633. Flowers greenish yellow, slight, odoriferous ; April and May. Berries bright deep blue, contained in small dark red cups ; ripe in September. The sassafras tree often grows, even in England, to the same height as in America. The leaves, which vary very much in size and shape, are covered, when they first appear, with a soft woolly down; they are generally deeply lobed, on long footstalks, and of a pale green ; they fall off early in autumn of. 1333. L. Sdaiafrja. an intense red and yellow. Any free soil, rather moist than dry, will suit tliis species, which is generally propagated from imported seeds. These should be sown, or put in a rot-heap, as soon as received, as they remain a year,
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