208 Trees with Compound Leaves. [D n 



A tree, fifty to eighty feet high, of great value. Its 

 tough and elastic wood is used in making agricultural 

 implements, carriages, axe-handles, etc. It ranks also 

 among the best of woods for fuel. Most of the " hickory 

 nuts " of the markets are from this species. 



All the Hickories are picturesque trees. Their 

 tendency, even when standing alone, is to grow high, 

 and with heads that, instead of being round, are cylinder- 

 shaped to the very top, with only enough breaks and 

 irregularities to add to the effect. This tendency is more 

 marked in the Hickories than in any other of the leaf- 

 shedding trees of North America. They are worthy of 

 the name sometimes given them of " the artist's tree." 



Big Shell-bark, King Nut. H. sulcata ( Willd), Britton. C. sulcata, 



Nutt. 



This species differs from the Shag-bark chiefly in 

 these items : 



Leaflets, seven to nine, usually nine. 



Leaf, ten to twenty inches long. 



Nut, oval, strongly pointed, with a dark yellowish shell, 



nearly twice as large as the Shag-bark nut, and with 



a less pleasantly flavored kernel. 

 Bark, in narrower strips and of a lighter color. 

 Found, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Porter), and 



westward. Local and rare. 



Fig. 105. Mocker-nut, White-heart Hickory, Black Hickory, 

 Big-bud Hickory. H. alba (L.), Britton. C. tomentbsa, Nutt. 



Leaves, COMPOUND (odd-feathered, leaflets, seven to nine) ; 



ALTERNATE ; EDGE SLIGHTLY AND RATHER ROUNDLY 

 TOOTHED. 



Outline of leaflets, mostly long oval, the lower pairs be- 

 coming smaller and more egg-shaped. Apex and 

 Base, about the same as in the Shag-bark. 



