BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra, Linn.). 80 to 150 feet 

 Tall, majestic tree with rounded top, comparatively narrow, 

 from the height of the trunk before it breaks into the stiff, 

 ascending limbs; twigs stout, velvety, green to orange-brown, 

 with prominent, 3-lobed leaf-scars, below the whiter buds; 

 pith chambered; aromatic sap. Bark brown, with rounded 

 ridges covered with thin scales. Wood purplish brown, fine- 

 grained, lustrous, heavy, strong, durable. Used for veneering 

 furniture, interior finish, gun-stocks, shipbuilding. Leaves 

 alternate, 12 to 24 inches long, of 13 to 25 finely saw-toothed 

 leaflets, pubescent beneath, yellow-green, turning yellow in 

 autumn. Flowers greenish, velvety, in May; stamina te cat- 

 kins 3 to 6 inches long; pistillate in terminal, few-flowered 

 clusters. Fruit 1 or 2 nuts, globose, deeply sculptured, in 

 spongy, aromatic, pitted husks. Dist.: Great Lakes to Gulf: 

 Atlantic seaboard to Nebraska and Texas. Superb park and 

 street tree. Nuts locally sold. 



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