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those of the cinnamon and many other species of the genus. The 
small white or. greenish-white flowers are borne in axillary 
n, 
and are followed in October by berry-like, one-seeded fruits about 
three-eighths of an inch in diameter. The fruiting pedicels ter- 
minate in a saucer-shaped disk, persisting after the mature fruit 
has fallen. 
“NATIVE RANGE. 
* The camphor tree is native in the coast countries of Eastern 
Asia from Cochin China nearly to the mouth of the Yang-tse- 
kiang, and on the adjacent islands from the southern part of the 
Japanese Empire, including Formosa and the Loochoo Islands, to 
Hainan, off the coast of Cochin China. Its range also extends into 
the interior of China as far as the province of Hupeh, about 500 
miles from the coast on the Yang-tse-kiang, in latitude 30? north. 
This area, extending from 10° to 34° north latitude and from 105° 
to 130? east longitude, is all embraced in the eastern monsoon 
region, which is remarkable for abundant rains in summer. : 
“The camphor trees growing wild in the native range are 
freezing. The tree is an evergreen, changing its leaves generally 
in April, aud therefore the winter temperature is a factor of 
more importance than would be the case with a deciduous tree. 
* RANGE UNDER CULTIVATION. 
naturalized in Madagascar. It flourishes at Buenos Ayres. It 
thrives in Egypt, in the Canary Islands, in south-eastern France, 
and in the San Joaquin Valley in California, where the summers 
are hot and dry. Large trees, at least two hundred years old, are 
growing in the temple courts at Tokyo, where they are subject to 
a winter of seventy to eighty nights of frost, with an occasional 
minimum temperature as low as 12? to 16° F. The most northern 
localities in the United States, where the camphor tree has been 
grown successfully out of doors, are Charleston and Summerville, 
in South Carolina, Augusta, Ga., and Oakland, Cal. 
* At Charleston, Sommerville, and Augusta the trees have with- 
tood a minimum temperature of 15? F., but they have been 
protected by surrounding trees and buildings. At Mobile, Ala., 
the trees have grown and fruited in protected situations, while in 
exposed places they have been repeatedly destroyed by frosts. 
While the camphor tree will grow on almost any soil that is not 
too wet, it does best on a well-drained sandy or loamy soil, and it 
responds remarkably well to the application of fertilizers. Its 
growth is comparatively slow on sterile soils, but under favorable — 
conditions it sometimes grows very rapidly. instance i$ . 
recorded of a camphor tree in Italy a foot in diameter and 90 feet 
high, eight years from the seed. Under ordinary conditions, 
