JOURNAL 
OF 
The New Vork Botanical Garden 
VoL. XXIII February, 1922 No. 266 
THE WITCH HAZELS 
Our native witch hazel, oe known as Hamamelis 
virginiana, has long been and admired for its interest- 
of the precedig year, pee and are equally interesting owing 
to th f the seeds. Unopened fruits, brought 
into a warm any room, soon discharge the smooth black seeds 
and propel them as far as 40 feet. The best way to observe 
this | is to place the fruits on a saucer of dry sand, aimin 
them at an elevation of about 45 ecias and setting the saucer 
ed a 
on the outer surface, and its flowers are fener sees 
The Ozark witch hazel, Hamamelis vernalis, has petals of a dark 
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