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them after they become large, say eight to ten feet high, 
they must be frequently transplanted in the nursery, so as 
to cause them to make fibrous roots and few long large 
roots. The leaves are of various shapes, sometimes entire ; 
in others, one to three lobed. Young branches pale yel- 
low or yellowish green. The bark on the roots is highly 
perfumed ; wood light yellow, fine-grained, and hard; 
would be very valuable for cabinet-work if it could be had 
of large size. It is usually a small tree, but occasionally 
one will be found fifty feet high with a stem one to two 
feet in diameter. It thrives well on a deep sand or loam, 
but soon perishes on a wet soil. The flowers are small, 
deep yellow, in clusters; seeds are inclosed in a blue 
berry, ripen in autumn, and should be sown at that time; 
common from Florida to Lake Ontario in high, dry soils. 
The Persea Caroitrnensis—Red Bay or Alligator Pear 
of the South—belongs to the same order of the Sassafras, 
and is a tree of similar size; also_the Tetranthera geni- 
culata or Pond Spice, which is found in the swamps of 
Virginia and southward. 
They all belong to the Laurel family, and are classed 
under the generic name of Laurus in many of the works 
on Botany. 
SHEPHERDIA ARGENTEA. (Buffalo Berry.) 
This is a small tree, a native of the far West, being 
found on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, 
chiefly on the upper Missouri and its tributaries. Its leaves 
are small and long, of a gray silvery color on both sides; 
the young branches are also of a grayish color. It is quite 
