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'Liquidambar styradf.ua, L. Sweet Gum. Bilsted. Liquidambar. 



"Morris: Lake Hopatcong. Hunterdon: Common in 

 forests at Pittstown ; Roseniont, rare. Bergen : Frequent 

 on the Palisades. Mercer: Frequent about Trenton, and 

 common in woods, middle and southern counties." (Britton.) 



"The hardwood swamps usually contain Liquidambar sty- 

 rariflua." (Geol. Rpt., 7 94, Gifford, 260.) 



"Market baskets are made from the woods of the Sweet 

 Gum. The log is sawed into pieces of the proper length and 



Fig. 18. 

 Liquidambar styraaflna, L. Sweet Gum. Bilsted. Liquidambar. From Sargent's •• Trees of 



North America." 



each is cut into thin circular sheets. When the sticks get too 

 small in circumference to be conveniently cut, they are sold 

 for rollers. The bottoms of the baskets are usually of pine." 

 (Geol. Rpt, '94, Gifford, 284.) 



"Species more or less abundant in both the deciduous and 

 coniferous zones." (Geol. Rpt, '99, Hollick, 185.) 



Hamamelis Virginiana, L. Witch-Hazel. 



'.'Camden: Sparingly about Camden. Gloucester: Bank 

 of Raccoon Creek. Monmouth and Ocean ; Swamps and 

 damp woods, rare ; Freehold. Mercer : Trenton. Union : 

 Plainfield, and frequent in damp woods in the northern 

 counties." (Britton.) 



"There are many plants of more or less value medicinally. 

 Perhaps the most important, which is common throughout the 

 woods of the E. Carolinian zone, but rare in Xew Jersey, is 



