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The Sassafras Tree. 



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SASSAFRAS. 



Beautiful Tree, Native of America^ and to 

 be met with in fome of our Gardens. It 

 grows twenty-five or thirty P>et high. The 



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Trunk is naked till it comes near the Top. The 

 Branches grow near together, and fpread irregu- 

 larly. The Leaves are of two Kinds : Thofe on 

 the older Parts of the Twigs are oblong and 



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fomewhat like Bay Leaves i and thbfe 

 the Tops of the Branches are larger, broader, 

 and divided into three Parts, like the Leaves of 

 Maple, or they carry fome Refemblance of the 

 fmaller Leaves of the Fig Tree. The Flowers 



are fmall and yellow. The Fruit are Berries like 



Bay Berries. The Wood is of a redifh Colour,, 



and perfumed Smell. 



The Wood is ufed. Our Druggifts receive it 

 in Logs, and cut it out into Shavings. The 

 Wood°of the Root is beft, and its Bark contains 

 moft Virtue of all. It is bell taken in Infufiorl, 

 by way of Tea, for it is very pleafant : It pro- 

 moter Sweat, and is good againfl the Scurvy, 

 and all other Foulneffes of the Blood. It is a 

 conftant Ingredient in Diet Drinks, againfl the 

 Venereal Difeafe. 



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Little Garden Shrub, green all the Winter. 



The Trunk is covered with a rediHi brov/n 

 Bark. The Branches are numerous, and iland 

 confufedly. The Leaves are fmall, narroiv, of a 

 <lark green Colour, and prickly. The Flowers 

 are very fmall, and of a yellowifli Colour i and 



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