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throughout the Alleghanies, attaining the stature of sixty 

 to ninety feet j the trunks slender, though able to acquire 

 a girth of twelve feet ; the pinnate leaves never less than 

 twelve, and often twenty inches long. Being very orna- 

 mental, they may be met with now and then in parks 

 and arboretums in the south. 



The Hickory-nut, as exposed for sale, is told at once 

 by its form and very light colour. It is smaller than 

 even a moderately sized walnut, imperfectly globular, 

 with three or four strong longitudinal ridges. The shell 

 is extremely hard ; when got at, the kernel is remarkably 

 sweet, the finest in flavour of any of its race. 



The Pecuan-nut, also called the pecan, pacane, and 

 Illinois nut, and most inconsistently, in the shops, the 

 "Japanese walnut," is oblong, not unlike a common 

 English acorn, of a light reddish-brown colour, and 

 with a shell only just too hard and thick to be crushed 

 between the fingers. The kernel of this one is also very 

 good. 



THE BUTTER-NUT. 



OF the genus Juglans there are six or seven North 

 American species, in addition to the renowned regia of 

 the eastern world ; and some of these yield eatable but 

 inferior nuts. The only one of which we ever see the 

 produce exhibited in England is the Black Walnut, 

 Juglans nigra, the nuts being occasionally ripened in the 



