TREES HAVING COMPOUND LEAVES 



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The large, neat brown nuts which come later in the 

 season do not seem to be very useful, yet they are so 

 solid and shiny that every boy delights to gather them. 



An American tree closely resembling the horse-chest- 

 nut is the buckeye. The leaflets on the buckeye leaf 

 number five, sometimes seven, and radiate like the horse- 

 chestnut from a common center. 



Buckeye Hickory 



FIG. 99. Familiar Forms of Compound Leaves 



This tree is well known through the Ohio valley, 

 where it is very common, Ohio being called the Buck- 

 eye State. The nuts are not edible, but the wood is 

 very tough and strong and is used extensively in mak- 

 ing farm implements. 



