Chapter V 



THE WALNUTS AND HICKORIES 



Family Juglandaceae 



FEW trees are more lofty and majestic 

 than certain species of walnuts and 

 hickories. They are stately in sum- 

 mer, but in winter, when the foliage has gone 

 and every branch and twig is thrown in black 

 relief against the sky, their beauty is truly 

 imposing. 



Both walnuts and hickories are valuable 

 timber trees, and the nuts of several species 

 are sweet and edible. 



Two genera of this family are found in 

 America, Juglans and Hicoria. Of the first 

 genus there are two species native in the North- 

 eastern States, the butternut and the black 

 walnut. 



Butternut A low, spreading tree, branching 



Juglans cinerea a snor l wa y u p f ne frUnk. Gray 



bark, slightly fissured, the clefts not running to- 

 gether. Recent shoots downy, with a fringe of 



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