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1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 58^v The vnripe berries of thys tre are good to be dryed and brused, and put into mete in the stede of sumach berries.

1652 tr. N. Fonteyn Womans Doctour iv. xi. 249 Take..Myrtle seeds, Shumach seeds, of each a dram.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 80/1 The Sumack Tree of Virginia, nicked with nine, or ten leaves on a side like an ash.

1799 J. Smith Acct. Remarkable Occurr. 11 A pouch, which..contained tobacco, killegenico, or dry sumach leaves which they mix with their tobacco.

1833 J. E. Smith Study Bot. (ed. 7) 316 Sumachineæ. Sumach Tribe.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly xlii, in Examiner 20 Oct. 1326/1 The lake-red of those sumach bushes.

1900 N. Blanchan Nature's Garden 212 Men find that by cutting bits of any sumac root and planting them in good garden soil, strong specimens are secured within a year.

1942 Science 13 Nov. 448/2 A sumac tree 5 inches in diameter at the base and reaching over 20 feet in height..was cut down.

2017 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz.-Mail (Nexis) 15 Oct. 6 a I saw a movement, pointed my binoculars at it, and saw some eastern bluebirds feasting on sumac berries.