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bristles ; calyx aclnate to scale ; stamens mostly in fours, an- 

 thers yellow, bearded at the tip : fertile flowers single or clus- 

 tered on peduncles at the ends of the season's shoots ; calyx 

 4-toothed, hairy, adherent to ovary ; corolla none ; stigmas 

 2, large, fringed. 



Fruit. October. Spherical, 3-6 inches in circumference : 

 husks rather thin, firm, green turning to brown, separating 

 completely into 4 sections : nut variable in size, subglobose, 

 white, usually 4-angled : kernel large, sweet, edible. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England ; 

 prefers light, well-drained, loamy soil ; when well established 

 makes a moderately rapid growth ; difficult to transplant, 

 rarely offered in nurseries ; collected plants seldom survive ; a 

 fine tree for landscape gardening, but its nuts are apt to make 

 trouble in public grounds. Propagated from a seed. A thin- 

 shelled variety is in cultivation. 



Carya tomentosa, Nutt. 



Hicoria alba, Britton. 



Mockekxut. White-heart Hickory. Walnut. 



Habitat and Range. In various soils; woods, dry, rocky 

 ridges, mountain slopes. 



Niagara peninsula and westward. 



Maine and Vermont, not reported; Xew Hampshire, 

 sparingly along the coast; .Massachusetts, rather common 

 eastward ; Rhode Island and Connecticut, common. 



South to Florida, ascending 3500 feet in Virginia ; west to 

 Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Indian territory, and Texas. 



