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  this, 
  perhaps, 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  its 
  thick 
  corky 
  bark, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  itself 
  an 
  

   attractive 
  feature. 
  In 
  some 
  individuals 
  the 
  corky 
  bark 
  stands 
  out 
  

   in 
  ridges 
  almost 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  corky 
  elm. 
  The 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  

   European 
  and 
  Asiatic 
  hazels, 
  in 
  general, 
  makes 
  them 
  extremely 
  

   desirable 
  for 
  ornamental 
  purposes 
  in 
  parks 
  and 
  in 
  dooryards. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  is 
  the 
  purple 
  variety 
  of 
  Corylus 
  avellana. 
  

   In 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  Europe 
  this 
  is 
  held 
  to 
  be 
  desirable 
  for 
  its 
  nuts, 
  but 
  

   in 
  Connecticut 
  it 
  is 
  prone 
  to 
  flower 
  so' 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  that 
  the 
  

   elongated 
  male 
  catkins 
  are 
  caught 
  by 
  frost. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  elongated 
  

   catkins 
  in 
  a 
  warm 
  week 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  February. 
  A 
  very 
  desirable 
  

   variety 
  of 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  now 
  show 
  specimens. 
  

   The 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  branch 
  which 
  I 
  pass 
  about 
  carried 
  four 
  large 
  

   nuts 
  j-esterday 
  but 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  has 
  disappeared, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  probable 
  that 
  last 
  night 
  in 
  the 
  sleeping 
  car 
  a 
  squirrel 
  got 
  in 
  when 
  

   the 
  porter 
  was 
  looking 
  the 
  other 
  way. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  represents 
  a 
  seedhng 
  individual 
  among 
  a 
  lot 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Prince 
  Colloredo 
  Mannsfeld 
  of 
  Bohemia 
  nine 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  This 
  particular 
  shrub 
  is 
  rather 
  homely, 
  with 
  small 
  unattrac- 
  

   tive 
  leaves 
  and 
  big 
  bony 
  branches, 
  but 
  it 
  bears 
  heavily 
  of 
  large 
  

   thin 
  shelled 
  hazels 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  quahty, 
  and 
  the 
  sort 
  which 
  are 
  

   now 
  bringing 
  fifty 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  market 
  as 
  green 
  

   hazels. 
  It 
  blossoms 
  very 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  as 
  yet 
  given 
  

   a 
  name 
  to 
  this 
  individual 
  bush, 
  but 
  as 
  Professor 
  J. 
  Russell 
  Smith 
  

   caught 
  my 
  description 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  speaks 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  "the 
  bony-bush" 
  

   we 
  will 
  allow 
  his 
  nomenclature 
  to 
  stand 
  if 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  wish 
  to 
  call 
  for 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  for 
  grafting 
  or 
  budding 
  pur- 
  

   poses. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  in 
  its 
  many 
  varieties 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  European 
  

   hazel 
  which 
  gives 
  us 
  the 
  cobnuts 
  and 
  filberts 
  of 
  the 
  market, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  the 
  one 
  which 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  most 
  widely 
  introduced 
  into 
  this 
  

   country. 
  The 
  name 
  "filbert" 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  "full 
  beard" 
  and 
  

   is 
  properly 
  applied 
  only 
  to 
  those 
  nuts 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  husk 
  extends 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  nut. 
  The 
  shrubs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  commonly 
  reach 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  about 
  fifteen 
  to 
  eighteen 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   dimensions. 
  Trimming 
  by 
  the 
  horticulturist 
  allows 
  of 
  the 
  devel- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  a 
  larger 
  bearing 
  surface, 
  very 
  much 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  with 
  peach 
  

   or 
  apple 
  trees. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  Europe 
  this 
  species 
  serves 
  for 
  hedge 
  fences, 
  

   indicating 
  the 
  practical 
  ideas 
  belonging 
  to 
  an 
  older 
  civihzation. 
  In 
  

   this 
  country 
  we 
  make 
  hedge 
  fences 
  of 
  worthless 
  osage 
  orange, 
  privet, 
  

   or 
  honey 
  locust 
  which 
  steal 
  nourishment 
  from 
  the 
  soil, 
  add 
  little 
  to 
  

   the 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  landscape, 
  and 
  give 
  us 
  no 
  return 
  whatsoever. 
  

   Such 
  a 
  typical 
  American 
  way 
  of 
  doing 
  things 
  will 
  be 
  changed 
  when 
  

  

  