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bristles ; calyx adnate to scale ; stamens mostly in fours, an- 

 thers yellow, bearded at the tip : fertile flowers single or clus- 

 tered on peduncles at the ends of the season's shoots ; calyx 

 4-toothed, hairy, adherent to ovary ; corolla none ; stigmas 

 2, large, fringed. 



Fruit. October. Spherical, 3-6 inches in circumference : 

 husks rather thin, firm, green turning to brown, separating 

 completely into 4 sections : nut variable in size, subglobose, 

 white, usually 4-angled : kernel large, sweet, edible. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England ; 

 prefers light, well-drained, loamy soil ; when well established 

 makes a moderately rapid growth ; difficult to transplant, 

 rarely offered in nurseries ; collected plants seldom survive ; a 

 fine tree for landscape gardening, but its nuts are apt to make 

 trouble in public grounds. Propagated from a seed. A thin- 

 shelled variety is in cultivation. 



PLATE XXIV. CARYA ALBA. 



1. Winter buds. 



2. Flowering branch. 



3. Sterile flower, front view. 



4. Sterile flower, back view. 



5. Fertile flower. 



6. Fruiting branch. 



Carya tomentosa, Nutt. 



Hicoria alba, Brilton. 

 MOCKERNUT. WHITE-HEART HICKORY. WALNUT. 



Habitat and Range. In various soils ; woods, dry, rocky 

 ridges, mountain slopes. 



Niagara peninsula and westward. 



Maine and Vermont, not reported ; New Hampshire, 

 sparingly along the coast ; Massachusetts, rather common 

 eastward ; Rhode Island and Connecticut, common. 



South to Florida, ascending 3500 feet in Virginia ; west to 

 Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Indian territory, and Texas. 



