266 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
and Indian Territory. Deep, loose, fresh to moist, 
warm and sandy loam; will grow in a dry and compact 
soil, but not in a wet one. Hardy and rapid grower, 
WALNUT (Juglans nigra). 
especially in height; only centenarians produce first- 
class quality of wood, but useful timber may be pro- 
duced in forty to sixty years. Sprouts freely from 
the stump. . 
38. SuacBarK Hicxory (Shellbark Hickory) (H1- 
coria ovata Mill.; Britt.). Height, 80 feet +; diam- 
eter, 2 feet +. Eastern United States; wide range. 
