24 FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



United States. This is more limited in range than the preceding. In 

 Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, it probably attains its 

 greatest perfection. It is a smaller tree than the Black Walnut. It is 

 also found in the Western States. The wood is of a light-brown color, 

 fine-grained, and easily worked. Although less valuable than the Black 

 Walnut, the wood is well adapted to many uses. The nuts are not as 

 highly esteemed as those of the Black Walnut. 



No. 254. Juglans Californica, S. W. California Walnut. California. 

 The California Walnut attains, in favorable situations, a height of 50 to 

 75 feet, and a diameter of 2 to 3 feet. It does not seem to be abun- 

 dant, and we know nothing respecting the value of its wood. It has 

 recently been distinguished as a different species from the walnut of 

 Arizona and New Mexico. 



No. 255. Juglans rupestris, Eng. Small Black Walnut. Texas and 

 Arizona. 



No. 256. Gary a olivwformis, Nutt. Pecan- nut. Mississippi Valley. 

 This tree grows in the valley of the Mississippi and its tributaries, on 

 the Arkansas, the Missouri, the Illinois, the W abash, and the Ohio, for 

 some two hundred miles above its mouth. The wood is coarse-grained, 

 heavy, and compact. It is a beautiful tree, with a straight and well- 

 shaped trunk. The nut is well known in the markets, and is thought by 

 some to be superior in flavor to any other nut known. 



No. 257. Carya alba, Nutt. Shell-bark Hickory, Eastern United 

 States. This species becomes a lofty tree, 80 feet high, with a diameter 

 sometimes of 2 feet. It is one of the most valuable of the hickories for 

 timber and for fuel. It furnishes most of the hickory-nuts of commerce. 

 They are pleasant-flavored and highly esteemed. On large trees, the 

 bark shells off in long narrow plates, whence the common name of the 

 tree. The wood is heavy, elastic, and strong, and for handles of axes 

 and agricultural implements, and many other uses, it is unequaled. 

 There is little difference in the quality and value of many of the different 

 species of hickory. 



No. 258. Carya sulcata, Nutt. Western Shell-bark. Western States. 



No. 259. Carya tomentosa, Nutt. Mocker - Nut. Eastern United 

 States. 



No. 260. Carya amara, Nutt. Bitter-nut. Eastern United States. 

 This is a large tree, growing from 60 to 70 feet high. The timber is said 

 to be inferior to the preceding species, and the nuts are thin-shelled 

 bitter, and worthless. 



No. 261. Carya porcina, Nutt. Pig-nut Hickory. Eastern United 

 States. A large tree, with 'small pear-shaped fruit, the nuts bitterish 

 and unpalatable. The wood is tough and valuable. 



No. 262. Carya microcarpa, Nutt. Small-fruited Hickory. Eastern 

 United States. 



No. 263. Carya myristicceformis, Michx. Nutmeg Hickory. Southern 

 States. This species grows in swamps in the Southern States. The 

 fruit resembles a nutmeg, whence the name of Nutmeg Hickory. It is 

 somewhat like that of the Bitter-nut tree, but much thicker. 



No. 264. Carya aquatica, Nutt. Swamp Hickory. Southern States. 

 A species growing in swamps in the Southern States, with astringent, 

 bitter fruit, and brittle, worthless timber. 



CUPULIFER^E. 



No. 265. Quercvs macrocarpa, Michx Bur Oak Overcup Oak. 

 Western States This species is rare in the Eastern States, but com- 



