Show Hamamelis Virginica Witch Hazel r Mef3 1t rI + t Jr FV i Y qg Y + i 1 This plant is sometimes a bush tenor ten-or more feet high and sometimes a tree 25 feet high according to the locality lo-cality In which It Is found It grows In the states east of the Mississippi river It Is oftenest found on the banks of streams or In the moist woods The tree Is remarkable for its lateness of coming into flower which Is In September and October Tho flowering flow-ering takes place while the loaves are falling and continues on until winter The fruit takes the whole of tho next growing season to mature The bark and the leaves wero used as medicine I by limo Indians and are so used by the whites |