SASSAFRAS 



so eager are they that it is often years before one succeeds 

 in obtaining a perfectly mature specimen. Wings outclass 

 , hands when the top of a tree is in question. 



The wood, bark, and roots are all aromatic. The flavor 

 resides in an essential oil which is especially abundant in 

 the bark of the root. At one time Sassafras enjoyed a great 

 reputation in the Materia medica, but it is now valued chiefly 

 for its power to improve the flavor of other medicines. 



Sassafras is now native only to eastern North America. 

 Its remains are found in the arctic regions and traces of it 

 appear in the cretaceous rocks of the extreme west, it also 

 formerly existed in Europe. 



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