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as large as marrows or Spanish chestnuts, and without diminution of 

 flavor. If we were not too easily satisfied with a mere choice among spon- 

 taneous hickory nuts, we might have much better and thinner shelled 

 ones. Varying as they do excessively in the thickness of the shell and in 

 the size and flavor of the kernel, they are inviting your attention 1 , and 

 promising to reward your care. The butternuts and black walnuts are 

 waiting to have their excess of oil turned into farinaceous and sugary 

 matter, and their shells thinned and smoothed by continued good breeding; 

 when they will much surpass the European walnut. 



" All this requires time, almost unlimited time; but it is not for those 

 who are enjoying the fruits which it has taken thousands of years to per- 

 fect, to refrain from the good work which is to increase the enjoyments of 

 far future generations." 



LIST OF WILD FEUIT8, NUTS, ETC. 



Amelanchier Canadensis, Torr. & Gray, and varieties. Service-berry. 

 Asimind triloba, Dunal. Papaw. 

 Carya alba, Nutt. Shell-bark Hickory. 



" sulcata, Nutt. Large Shell-bark Hickory. King-nut. 

 Castanea sativa, Mill., var. Americana, Gray. American Chestnut. 

 Corylus Americana, Walt. American Hazel-nut. 



" rostrata, Ait. Beaked Hazel-nut. 

 Fagus ferruginea, Ait. Beech. 

 Fragaria vesca, L. Alpine Strawberry. 



" Virginiana, Mill. American Strawberry. 



" var. Illinoensis, Gray. Wild Strawberry. 

 Gaylussacia resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Black Huckleberry. 

 Juglans cinerea, L. Butternut. 



" nigra, L. Black Walnut. 

 Morus rubra, L. Red Mulberry. 

 * Podophyllum peltatum, L. May-Apple. Mandrake. 

 Prunus Americana, Marshall. Wild Red and Yellow Plum. 



" pumila, L. Sand Cherry. 

 Pyrus coronaria, L. American Crab-apple. 

 Kibes Cynosbati, L. Prickly Gooseberry, 

 " floridum, L'Her. Black Currant. 



oxyacanthoides, L. Smooth Wild Gooseberry. 

 " rubrum, L., var. subglandulosum, Maxim. Red Currant. 

 Rubus Canadensis, L. Dewberry, 



occidentalis, L. Black-cap Raspberry. 

 strigosus, Michx. Wild Red Raspberry. 

 " villosus, Ait. Blackberry. 

 Vaccinium Canadense, Kalm. Canada Blueberry. 

 corymbosum, L. Swamp-Blueberry. 

 macrocarpon, Ait. American Cranberry. 

 Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Dwarf Early Blueberry. 

 vacillans, Solander. Low Blueberry. 

 Vitis bicolor, LeConte. Summer Grape. 



" riparia, Michx. Frost Grape. 

 Zizania aquatica, L. Wild Rice. 



NATIVE FOKAGE PLANTS. 



The native grasses while young, from early spring to winter, without 

 exception, furnish a tender bite which is very acceptable to all sorts of 

 horses, cattle, sheep, and even swine and poultry. Most of the native 

 grasses (about 115 in number) grow in isolated bunches, more or less fre- 

 quent, and furnish but little food, while a considerable portion soon 

 become unpalatable as the summer approaches. The most important 

 native grasses for pasture or meadow are found in open places and are: 



