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USES. The smoke tree, with its display of silky yellow panicles often tinged with 

 purple, is excellent for decorating parks and gardens. When they're crumpled the leaves 

 emit a scent of lemon. The wood and bark yield a reddish or yellow pigment that can be 

 used to dye fabrics. The staghorn sumac equally contributes to embellishing parks and 

 gardens with its elegant foliage and its berries clustered in panicles at the ends of its 

 branches. 



CULTIVATION. These trees succeed in all kinds of terrain, but they prefer good 

 quality light soil. They have to be sheltered from strong winds that damage and break 

 them. They're propagated from seeds and suckers; once they're in hand, you won't run 

 short of them because they propagate and spread far and wide via their shoots. 



KEY TO PLATES. 



Common smoke tree. 1 . Intact drupe with the calyx at its base. 2. Same, 

 transverse section. 



Staghorn sumac. 1. Intact drupe. 2. Same, transverse section to show the seed. 3 

 Detached seed. 



