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Boynton Hall, Bridlington, Yorks. At the former place a tree 
about 70 years old measures 75 feet in height by 5 feet 4 inches in 
girth, with a bole of 30 feet, while three trees on the latter estate 
are 50 feet by 7 feet, 40 feet by 4 feet, and 25 feet by 6 feet, 
respectively. Its average height in America is 70 to 90 feet, with 
a girth of from 6 to 10 feet, but trees have sometimes been found 
up to 150 feet high, with a girth of 15 feet. 
Tue BirrEeR-NuT (Carya amara, Nutt).—Although the timber 
of this species is considered by wood-workers to be inferior to that 
of the shell-bark hickory, it is used for many of the same purposes. 
Hough, “ Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada,” 
p. 53, says that it is less fastidious than other species with regard 
to soil, and that it is more uniform in distribution, and probably the 
most abundant representative of its genus. Its maximum dimen- 
sions are attained in southern New England, where it grows to a 
height of 100 feet, with a girth of l0or 12 feet. Usually, however, 
it is found between 76 and 80 feet high, and up to 9 feet in girth. 
There appears to be no reason to doubt that it will succeed in 
England, for Mr. Elwes has recorded several well-grown examples 
in “ Trees of Great Britain and Ireland,” iii, p. 601. A tree at 
Bute House, Petersham, when measured, in 1903, was 76 feet high, 
and 7 feet 5 inches in girth. At Arley Castle, the tallest of five 
trees was 72 feet high by 4 feet in girth, while at Barton, Bury St. 
Edmunds, two trees measured, in 1905, 80 feet by 5 feet 4 inches, 
and 74 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, respectively. The nuts, on account 
of their bitter taste, are reputed to be valueless, and squirrels, even, 
are said to ignore them so long as other food is to be found. 
Tue Pie-nut (Carya porcina, Nutt.),—This is considered to be 
one of the hardiest of the hickories, and it ought to prove a useful 
one for forest planting. Hough, “Handbook of Trees of the 
Northern States and Canada,” p. 65, says that it is found at higher 
altitudes than any other hickory inhabiting the uplands and ridges of 
the Northern States. Its average height is from 80 to 100 feet, and 
its girth from 9 to 12 feet. Its timber is of good quality, and is 
used for many purposes where toughness and strength have to be 
combined with lightness. The nuts are not considered so important 
as those of other species in America, on account of their thick shells 
and small kernels. 
A tree 73 feet high, with a girth of 6 feet 2 inches, at 5 feet from 
e ground, may be seen near the south end of the Temperate 
sandy soil, there can be little doubt about its success in ground of 
better quality, if planted under forest conditions. It is probable 
that its chances as a forest tree in England could be gauged most 
satisfactorily by planting it alongside a plantation of ash, under 
exactly similar conditions. 
Tse Kine-nut on Bie SHELL-sark Hickory (Carya 
sulcata, Nutt).—In many respects this species may be looked on as 
a counterpart of C. alba. It has the same peculiar habit of shed- 
ding its bark in long plates or strips, and the wood is of equally good 
qeeniy. Attaining a height of 100 or 120 feet, with a diameter of 
3 to rarely 4 feet, Sargent, “Silva of N. America,” vii, p. 159, 
