Handbook 



The stately I'ccim 

 Hickories, ;it tuiiiiny 

 a height of ItJO ft. 

 with massive trunk 



OF Trees of the Nokt 



tii'<" :- tin- !,tr.i,"st of tlie 

 soiu.'tiin vs ill the for.'.st 

 wlieii crowded together, 

 5 or ft. in diiuneter. 



Ki;.\ St.\ti;s am) Cax.vd 



When growing ai>art from other trees it de- 

 velops a very large ovoid or obovoid ro.indtHi 

 top. oftentimes seeming out of proportion to 

 the size of its trunk. It prefers low rich 

 ground in the neigliborhood of streams subject 

 to occasional inundation. 



Its wood is hea\y, a cubic foot when abso- 

 lutely dry, weighing 44.75 Ib.s., rather hard 

 and very tough and flexible, tliough not con- 

 sidered as valuable as that of the other 

 Hickories. It is occasionally used in the manu- 

 facture of agricultural implements and i.s ex- 

 cellent for fuel. 2 Its delicious nuts, improved 

 greatly by selection and cultivation, constitute 

 its chief point of value and are an important 

 article of commerce. For the production of 

 these the tree is grown in extensive planta- 

 tions. 



Leaves 12-20 in. long with 9-15 lanceolate to 

 lanceolate-oblong falcate siibsessile leaflets which 

 are long-pointed, inetiuilateral and rounded or 

 wedge-shaped at base : bud-scales fi'w, valvafe. 

 Floirrrs in early June ; staminate in sulisi'ssilc 

 aments. ."-f) in. long: calyx with middle Icilio 

 linear and much longer than the oliloug lateral 

 lobes. Fruit in clusters of oil, oblong-cylindrie. 

 pointed. 1-2 1/. in. long, with prominent ' sutures 

 and thin brittle husk splitting to the base ; nut 

 1-2 in. long, pointed, with smooth thin brown shell 

 with black markings, thin astringent dissepiments 

 and delicious seed. 



1. Syn. Carya oUiacfoi 



2. A. W., XI, 267. 



lis Nutt. 



