THE CHINESE COUNTERPART OF AN AMERICAN HICKORY 



It has always been assumed that no hickory trees were to be found outside of the United 

 States until'jSIeyer's discovery of the Chinese hickory (Carya cathayeijsis), near Hangchow. 

 The tree pictured was a fruiting specimen growing at the base of a mountain. The bark is 

 ashy grey with patches of white. This tree rarely attains a height of over 60 feet, and, at 

 the age of 50 or 60 years, has passed its prime. Photograph by Frank N. Meyer, Foreign 

 Seed and Plant Introduction, U. S. Department of Agriculttire. (Fig. 15.) 



