DEVIL WOOD. 
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United in groups they have a fine effect, and render this tree very proper for 
the embellishment of gardens. The seeds are exceedingly minute, and 
are contained in small capsules. 
On the trunk of the Sorel Tree the bark is thick and deeply furrowed. 
'ÿThe wood is of a pale rose color and very soft. It burns with difficulty, 
and is wholly rejected in the arts. 
From the acidity of the leaves is derived the appropriate name of Sorel 
Tree. In drying they become black, and when Sumac is not to be ob- 
tained, they are used to impart this color to wool. 
The Sorel Tree endures an intenser degree of cold than that of its native 
climate. I have seen a stock 18 feet high flourishing at New York, where 
the winter is more severe than in any part of France or England. This fact 
should induce amateurs to multiply it on account of its beautiful flowers, 
which it begins to display at the height of 5 or 6 feet. 
PLATE LXXXV. 
A branch ivith leaves and flowers of the natural size. Fig. 1, Capsules ivhich 
contain the seed. Fig. 2, Seeds. 
DEVIL WOOD. 
Dioecia diandria. Linn. Jasminese. Juss. 
Olea Americana. O. foins late oblanceolatis, coriaceis, lucidis , integerrimis ; 
drupa globosâ. 
This tree belongs exclusively to the Southern States, the Floridas and 
Lower Louisiana; toward the north it is not found beyond Norfolk in 
Virginia, an. , like the Live Oak and the Cabbage Tree, is confined to 
the sea-shore, being rarely found even at a small distance within the 
country. It is so little multiplied, that it has hitherto received no name 
from the inhabitants of the country, except on the banks of the river Sav- 
annah, where it is called Devil Wood. 
This tree grows in soils and exposures extremely different; on the sea- 
