. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Cana 223 The Sassafras is a tree sometimes 8U or 90 ft. in lieiglit, with trunk from 4-0 ft. in diame- ter, but is usually a considerably smaller tree and in the nortliern part of its range is re- duced to a shrub. When isolated its stout con- torted branches ramify and ultimately divide into a profusion of branchlets, forming a dis- tinctly flat-topped irregular oblong liead of characteristic aspect. It is a handsome tree at all seasons
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Cana 223 The Sassafras is a tree sometimes 8U or 90 ft. in lieiglit, with trunk from 4-0 ft. in diame- ter, but is usually a considerably smaller tree and in the nortliern part of its range is re- duced to a shrub. When isolated its stout con- torted branches ramify and ultimately divide into a profusion of branchlets, forming a dis- tinctly flat-topped irregular oblong liead of characteristic aspect. It is a handsome tree at all seasons of the year; in the winter on ac count of the unobstructed view of its red- brown furrowed bark and smooth green branch lets; in spring on account of the tufts of pale green velvety leaves and golden flowers, sub- tended by enlarged showy bud-scales which terminate each branchlet; in summer on ac count of its rich green leaves of many shapes and sizes and red-stemmed clusters of blue l)erries, and in autumn on account of the deli- cate red and yellow tints of its autumnal garb. The wood of which a cu. ft. when absolutely dry weighs lbs., is soft and brittle but very durable and is used in the manufacture of pails and buckets, for fence-posts, rails, etc- Lfarcs as described for the genus, P,-7 in. long. FJoiccrs appear in April and Fruit ripens in August and September. See generic description, this being the only species.' 1. Syn. Sassafras officinale N. & E. 2. A. W., II, 32. 3. For genus see p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924. Lowville, N. Y. : Romeyn Beck Hough
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