no NUT; WHITE HICKORY (Hicoria glabra, Britt). 50 

 to 100 feet. Stately, round-headed tree, with narrow, ir- 

 regular head of twisted, drooping branches. Twigs soon 

 smooth, reddish, with leaf-scars oblong or half-circles. Buds 

 small, reddish, with leathery scales. Bark gray with firm, 

 close surface checked by small fissures into plates. Wood 

 heavy, hard, tough, strong, elastic, brown with white sap- 

 wood, used for tool handles, wagons, and farm implements, and 

 for fuel. Leaves alternate, smooth, dark yellow-green, 8 to 

 12 inches long, of 5 to 7 leaflets, pale beneath, end ones larger 

 than basal pair. Flowers stamina te catkins axillary, 4 to 7 

 inches long, in clusters of 3's; pistillate in 3- to 5-flowered 

 spikes, greenish, on ends of twigs. Fruit pear-shaped or glo- 

 bose, usually thin-shelled, obscurely 4-angled nut, with bitter, 

 white kernel. Husk splits halfway to base, usually. Dist.: 

 Eastern States to Nebraska and Texas. Valuable lumber and 

 shade tree. 



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