216 TREES GROWING IN RICH SOIL. 



cent underneath; fragrant when dried. Nut : one and a half to two and a half 

 inches long; greyish white, and growing in a thick green husk, which splits 

 when ripe nearly to the base into four sections; ovate; rounded; pointed at the 

 top; six-angled, with a hard and thick shell. Kernel : small; sweet, but not 

 highly flavoured. 



It is true that the fruit of this tree is one that mocks. Its 

 large size and fresh, wholesome look lead many to seize it as 

 though with a promise of finding abundant meat. But a series 

 of disappointments is consequent. The husk of the nut is un- 

 usually thick, and the shell is thick; so when found the poor 

 little meat seems not to compensate for the trouble it has given, 

 especially as it is indifferently flavoured. To follow the 

 changes of colour of the tree's large leaf-buds is interesting. In 

 the winter their yellowish-brown scales forsake them, and they 

 become covered with those that are hard and greyish. It is not 

 well to be conspicuous late in the season when delicate, green 

 food is scarce; for there are hungry marauders about then as 

 well as in the summer time, although not perhaps of the same 

 class as the beautiful but terrible creature which is seen in the 

 coloured plate. 



Of all the hickories this one is the most generally known 

 throughout the south. It grows also in the Atlantic states and 

 in Canada, but in these latter places it is rather rare. In the 

 rich soil of woods, or upon hillsides and ridges it is found. 

 The timber that the tree produces is very similar to that of the 

 shag-bark hickory. 



SHAG-BARK HICKORY. SHELL-BACK HICKORY. 



WHITE WALNUT. {Plate CXVII.) 



Hicbria ovata. 



FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Walnut. Conical: head, narrow; 50-90-120 feet. Southern Maine May. 



trunks column-like. westward and Fruit: Sept., Oct. 



southward to Fla. 

 and Texas. 



Bark: grey; loosely attached, and breaking into long, loose strips, which 

 curve away from the tree at the bottom but remain attached at the middle. 

 Leaf-buds; ovate; large; with leaf-like, brown and yellow-green scales. Leaves: 

 compound; alternate; odd-pinnate; with rough stalks and five or seven leaflets; 



