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Sassafras* 





Sassafras otTu'malc. Natltkal Order: LanraccLC — Laurel Family. 



•^ '' I'^^j W^ \DER the order ot laurels we find this tree classified, with 

 my others, most of which possess aromatic properties, either 

 their bark, roots or leaves. Many of them are in common 

 ^e, as the cinnamon, obtained from the bark of the Cinnamo- 

 mum Zeylanicmn, a native of Ceylon; and the camphor, an 

 r<- —fjT- aromatic gum procured from several trees in India, China 

 \f-^ and Japan The Sassafras is found abundantly throughout the United 

 The bark of the root, along with the essential 

 is the chief article of commerce, and possesses 

 v-r gentle stmiulating, aromatic and alterative properties. The tree grows 

 'Tie- to the height of fifteen or twenty feet, and presents a rather pleasing 

 '"^^ appeal ante. The pith of the voung wood is sometimes used in inflam- 

 mation ol the eyes. The flo\\'ers are a greenish yellow, appearing from 

 April to June. 



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■'• All had been granted but the thing we b 

 And still some great unlikely substitute, 

 Your life, vour souls, your all of earthly good. 

 Is proffer'd in the room of one small boon. 



— 'Joanna Bailtie. 



''E give of what we take 



From life of outward tilings; o 

 Where tluy liave been, a glory in tl 

 Moi-e briglit than thev receive. 



Mrs. Browning. 

 trifle is so small as what obtains. 

 Save that which loses favor; 'tis a breath 

 Which hangs upon a smile! a look, a word, 

 A frown, the air-built tower of fortune shakes. 

 And down the unsubstantial fabric falls. 



-Hannah More. 



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[VE thy heart's b( 

 From fair Nature 

 ■e thv love — and ; 



And the more thou spendest 



From thy little store. 

 With a double bounty, 



God will gi\e you more. 



— .\delaide .A. Proctor. 



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