I have a new APP on my phone. SEEK.  With a picture of a plant or animal, it will identify it for me.  WAY easier than searching the books to figure out the ones we don't know.  
 

SEEK identified this small shrub as Carolina sweetshrub.  OK, now I'll go to the books and report back on it.  

 

I'm back.  Couldn't find it under the common names, so I had to look to Wikipedia.  It told me this:  Calycanthus floridus is its botanical name.  Now I can look in my books.  Peterson Field Guide called it Hairy Allspice.  So our horticultural lesson for today is:  Common names aren't the best way to identify plants.  It's  always best to use the botanical name if you can.  
 

OK, here we go.  Calycanthus has several species.  One is floridus, or hairy allspice.  Another is fertilis, or smooth allspice.  The difference is in the leaves.  Hmmm, didn't look at the undersides of the leaves, too excited with the flowers. Wikipedia shows some other species too, western and California allspice.  Probably not either of those.  These shrubs are growing at Meeks Park, in North Georgia.  
 

They grow 6 - 9 feet tall, and are blooming NOW!  Do stop and see them up close.  The flowers are about 2 inches across, and a brownish red, cinnamon color.  You can crush a leaf and smell a cinnamon-like fragrance.  Or scrape the bark and you can detect a camphor smell.  Just seeing them is exciting enough for me.  They are beautiful!  

 

I'm not sure if you can get these in the local garden center to plant in your own yard,  but they would be a lovely addition to any woodland garden.  Go to the park and see them for yourself.  It's worth the trip.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!