WITCH HAZEL FAMILY 



alternating with four scale-like, imperfect ones ; only 

 the pistil varies from the four-fold plan ; the ovary is 

 two-celled and two-styled. This late flowering of the 

 plant seems an excess of zeal, for no growth takes place 

 in the ovary until the following spring, and the ripen- 

 ing period is not forwarded thereby. The tiny last 

 year's nuts slowly ripen as this year's flowers bloom, 

 and are finally sent out from their woody pods with a 

 projectile force which carries them several yards. 



The Witch Hazel is to be looked for on the sides of 

 deep ravines and at the edges of woodlands through- 



out our range. 



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