Show THE CAMPHOR LAUREL deiv the ame id extracted from ill tho wood of ill ilia tro the camphor laurel from which h the greater parri of alio camphor of commerce la Is produced Js Is a native of china japan formo and cochin china it la is a haidy boidy long jae lived tree null sometimes grows to 0 a areat grea it a alzo I 1 zo it los has green leaves leave yellowish H alte flowers in pa panicles nicles and lit IB a very verr tree tho the trunk ruu run aug up lap to a height of 0 twenty or thirty foot before the fruit Is I 1 rory like it a blacie currant in the 0 of o camphor the wood Is flygt cut into small chips aud and tho the chips are arc put pot into water in a BUD and ada steamed tho the hoad bond of tho the still la Is ailed with straw and its aa carries oft tho the camphor in 1 taper apor it Is deposited in little grains around the 5 straw the crude camphor la Is then h heated in a vessel tassel from which the steam is allowed to escape through a ewall aperture the camphor su blimes ahl n a fluid transparent oak bako 0 lu in lie ie manufacture of camphor the afu aft la is bee essa rily de but by a rigid law of the bands in ii which bich the tree growa another li Is planted lo in the place of every one chat is iq cut down the mood Is highly valued for carpenters wort corll camphor was n to tile greeks tut anil d lion B no and was first I 1 rought lu III lurono by t he arabs |