STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER 



Black Walnut A lar S e tree, 5 to 120 feet high, 



jugians nigra with spreading branches and 



rough bark, darker in color than that of the 

 butternut. The buds are gray instead of light 

 brown like those of the butternut, and they are 

 shorter. The twigs are smooth in winter, with- 

 out hair, and the pith is chambered. Alternate, 

 conspicuous leaf scars. Characteristic difference 

 between the two trees is that the fringe of hair 

 over the leaf scar in the butternut is absent in 

 the black walnut. 



The black walnut is a striking contrast to the 

 butternut. It is tall and erect, with a broad, 

 spacious head and vigorous, wide-spreading 

 branches. The bark is much darker and 

 rougher than that of the butternut, and the 

 buds are smaller, and gray rather than yellow- 

 ish in color, like those of the other species. 



The wood is heavy, strong, and durable, and 

 dark brown in color. It takes polish well and 

 is much used in cabinet making, boat-building, 

 interior house finishing, and for gunstocks and 

 coffins. A valuable wood in many ways, but 

 the passing of the fashion for black walnut 

 furniture is not to be regretted. It has been 

 cut most recklessly in our forests during the 

 last twenty-five years, and already it has been 

 almost exterminated in the Mississippi Basin. 



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