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pear, and in the open grounds and upon stocks of large size. 

 The difference is probably due to climate, for we certainly have 

 as skillful propagators in our northern nurseries as there are to 

 be found anywhere, but for some reason few have been success- 

 ful in propagating the hickory by any of the "well-known 

 methods of budding or grafting, either under glass or in the 

 open air. The cion will often unite and grow slowly for a 

 season or two, and then die, the union appearing to be an im- 

 perfect one. One of the most distinct and valuable varieties 

 that has ever been brought to my notice is the "Hales' Paper 

 Shell Hickory Nut." I first became acquainted with this variety 

 some fifteen years ago, and the next season described it under 

 the above name. It is a variety of the common Shell-bark 

 Hickory, and the tree is now growing with several others of 

 the same species, near the Saddle River, on the farm of Mr. 

 Henry Hales, about two miles east of Ridgewood, Bergen Co. , 

 N. J. The tree is a large one, and produces a fair crop of nuts 

 annually. This handsome variety is well represented in the 

 accompanying illustration, figure 31, showing a side view, 

 natural size, and figure 32 a cross section, showing thickness 

 of the kernel, and the extreme thinness of the shell. The 

 general appearance of this nut is quite similar to some of the 

 varieties of the English walnut, the surface being broken up 

 into small depressions, instead of angles and corrugations 

 as usually seen in the large varieties of the shell-barks. Of all 

 who have attempted to propagate this fine, and I think I may 

 say unique variety, by budding and grafting, Mr. J. R. 

 Trumpy, of Flushing, N. Y., is the only one 

 who has thus far been successful, he having 

 succeeded in making a little less than one hun- 

 dred live. 



If the space at my disposal would admit of 

 it, I should be pleased to refer to several other 

 varieties that I have obtained from various 

 parts of the country, but as it will not, I must 

 be satisfied with referring to one which in the 

 wa ^ ^ a ^ rea ^ ^ nature can scarcely be excel- 

 led. This variety comes from Connecticut, 

 where a very large tree of the Shell-bark Hickory annually pro- 

 duces a good crop of excellent nuts of the form and size shown 

 in figure 33, one lobe or side of each nut fails to fill out, the 

 nuts otherwise being perfect. 



