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FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



propelling tlieir missiles to the distance of forty-five 

 feet by actual measurement." 



The witch hazel is distributed from New England 

 southward to Florida and Louisiana, and westward to 

 eastern Minnesota.* 



Sorrel Tree. The sorrel tree is found from Penn- 

 Oxydendrum sylvania to Indiana and central Ten- 



nessee, and southward to Florida, 

 mostly along the Alleghany Mountains, and 

 to Louisiana. It grows from 20 to GO 

 feet high, and may 



Sorrel Tree, seed vessels, and flower at A. 



easily be identified by its sour-tasting leaf, which in 



* From the witch hazel an extract is manufactured possessing 

 peculiar healing powers; it is generally known as "Pond's Ex- 

 tract." The discovery of the medicinal quality of the witch hazel 



