JUGLANS CINEREA. 
Butternut. 
PLATE XXXII. 
Or the forest trees which deserve attention 
for other properties than the uses of their timber, 
the Butternut is undoubtedly one of the most in- 
teresting ; its fruit, bark and juices being all con- 
vertible to use. In favourable situations it becomes 
a large tree, having frequently a trunk of three 
feet in diameter. It is abundant in the North- 
ern and Middle States, as well as in the Western 
country. Some parts of the District of Maine, I 
am told, produce woods of considerable extent, 
consisting wholly of this tree. Michaux tells us, 
that it is common in the states of Kentucky and 
Tennessee, that it abounds on the banks of Lake 
Erie, the Ohio and even the Missouri. The same 
author states that it is found in the mountainous 
