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hang out on strings at maturity. The large white flowers have a 

 very strong but pleasing fragrance. 



Tulip Tree: Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.). 



A very large and fine tree of bays, swamp edges and water 

 courses. The large leaves are of a peculiar shape. They have 

 broad square ends with a notch in the center, and when put under 

 water the lower side looks like silver. The tree is of the magnolia 

 family and the resemblance may be noticed in the tulip shaped 

 flowers and small cone-like fruits. Some fine specimens of this 

 tree may be seen along Snake Branch. 



Red Bay (Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.). 



A small evergreen tree that is plentiful in swamps. The aro- 

 matic leaves are oblong, grayish green beneath and with smooth 

 edges. The small, black, pulpy fruits are much like those of the 

 sassafras. 



Sassafras (Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Ktze.). 



A small tree with smooth, generally three-lobed leaves that are 

 not toothed. The abundant, greenish yellow flowers are very 

 fragrant and attractive in early spring: they are of two sorts, 

 staminate and pistillate, and they are borne on different trees. 

 Only trees with pistillate flowers bear fruit. The sassafras is 

 very common along hedge rows and in old fields, and, like the 

 Chickasaw plum, gives the impression of having been introduced. 



Sw t eet Gum (Liquidamber styrachiflua L.). 



A good sized tree that is very common in flat woods and along 

 streams. The bark is rough and the branches are often furnished 

 with narrow plates or wings of corky tissue. The aromatic leaves 

 are nearly circular in outline and are deeply cut into five sharp 

 lobes. The fruit is a globular, prickly mass of little pods and 

 scales. 



Sycamore (Platanus occAdentalis L.). 



A large tree with smooth bark that pulls off in strips, leaving a 

 large part of the trunk and limbs a shining white. The leaves are 

 very large and broad, with a number of sharp lobes and teeth: 

 when young they are very wooly beneath, but get smooth as 

 they grow older. The foot of the leaf stalk is swollen and com- 

 pletely encloses the bud. The fruit is a round, hard ball that 

 hangs on all winter and sheds the seeds by breaking apart in 



