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  der 
  if 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  question 
  worthy 
  of 
  discussion 
  right 
  hero. 
  The 
  names 
  

   shagbark, 
  shellbark, 
  and 
  scaly 
  bark, 
  are 
  applied 
  indifferently 
  to 
  Hicoria 
  

   ovatn. 
  Hicoria 
  ciaerea, 
  and 
  Hicoria 
  septentrionalis. 
  We 
  can 
  distinguish 
  

   them 
  much 
  better 
  if 
  we 
  take 
  different 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  little 
  and 
  the 
  big 
  

   shagbark. 
  — 
  if 
  we 
  call 
  the 
  little 
  one 
  shagbark 
  and 
  the 
  big 
  one 
  shellbark, 
  

   it 
  makes 
  a 
  distinction 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  that 
  distinction 
  seems 
  legiti- 
  

   mate 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  bark 
  comes 
  off 
  like 
  great 
  sheets 
  from 
  the 
  big 
  shellbark, 
  

   and 
  the 
  little 
  shagbark 
  has 
  the 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  coming 
  off 
  in 
  smaller 
  

   scales, 
  shelling 
  off. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  scaly 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  

   If 
  we 
  call 
  the 
  shaggy 
  one, 
  Hicoria 
  ovata, 
  shagbark, 
  and 
  call 
  the 
  big 
  

   western 
  one 
  shellbark, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  distinction 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  as 
  well 
  

   make 
  in 
  our 
  discussions, 
  and 
  fix 
  the 
  names 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  afford 
  

   convenience. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  My 
  reference 
  was 
  to 
  Hicoria 
  ovata. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  Yes, 
  that 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  little 
  one, 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  call 
  the 
  

   laciniosa 
  shellbark, 
  that 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  distinction. 
  Shall 
  we 
  call 
  the 
  little 
  

   one 
  shagbark, 
  and 
  the 
  big 
  shagbark 
  shellbark, 
  or 
  must 
  we 
  always 
  depend 
  

   upon 
  the 
  scientific 
  names 
  in 
  classifying? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Collins 
  : 
  May 
  I 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  another 
  complication 
  f 
  To 
  

   botanists 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  particulary 
  nut 
  growers, 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  tree 
  

   which 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  little 
  shellbark, 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  microcarpa, 
  with 
  a 
  

   nut 
  about 
  one-half 
  to 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  Have 
  we 
  a 
  committee 
  on 
  nomenclature 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  We 
  haven't 
  appointed 
  that 
  committee 
  yet. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  I 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  move 
  that 
  the 
  matter 
  go 
  to 
  them, 
  

   with 
  the 
  suggestion 
  that 
  they 
  take 
  official 
  action. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Supposing 
  w^e 
  extend 
  the 
  function 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  on 
  the 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  mandshurica 
  to 
  include 
  this 
  question 
  of 
  

   the 
  naming 
  of 
  the 
  shagbarks. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  Then 
  had 
  we 
  not 
  better 
  include 
  the 
  President, 
  

   ex-officio, 
  on 
  that 
  committee? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  We 
  may 
  as 
  well 
  begin, 
  because 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  need 
  

   of 
  having 
  this 
  eternal 
  confusion. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  understand 
  why 
  more 
  

   attention 
  hasn't 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  hazels. 
  Here 
  we 
  apparently 
  have 
  a 
  

   nut 
  which 
  is 
  easy 
  to 
  transplant, 
  which 
  is 
  perfectly 
  hardy, 
  which 
  comes 
  

   into 
  bearing 
  early, 
  which 
  bears 
  a 
  valuable 
  nut 
  — 
  so 
  valuable 
  that 
  when 
  

   I 
  went 
  into 
  a 
  confectionery 
  store 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  I 
  saw 
  trays 
  of 
  nut 
  meats 
  

   lying 
  side 
  by 
  side, 
  and 
  pecan 
  meats 
  were 
  priced 
  at 
  $1.00 
  a 
  pound 
  and 
  

   filbert 
  meats 
  were 
  $1.25. 
  I 
  understand 
  the 
  only 
  obstacle 
  to 
  the 
  growth 
  

   of 
  the 
  filbert, 
  which 
  might 
  well 
  fill 
  the 
  early 
  waiting 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  

   grower, 
  is 
  the 
  hazel 
  blight. 
  I 
  tried 
  to 
  get 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  hazel 
  

   blight 
  from 
  Doctor 
  Waite 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

  

  