The Walnuts and the Hickories 



EEE. Branchlets slender, reddish; nuts 4-angled, 

 thin shelled. 

 {H. Carolinae-septenirionalis) shagbark hickory 

 DD. Bark not shaggy; twigs downy. 



{H. alba) mockernut 

 BB. Bud scales few, not overlapping; leaflets 7 to 13. 

 C. Nuts elongated. 

 D. Kernel sweet. 



E. Leaves silvery and lustrous beneath; nuts 

 solitary, or few in a cluster; leaflets 7 to 1 1. 

 (//. myristiccejormis) nutmeg hickory 

 EE. Leaves not silvery beneath; nuts 3 to 10 in 

 cluster; leaflets 13 to 15. (//. Pecan) pecan 

 DD. Kernel bitter; leaflets 7 to 11, twigs and husks 

 hairy. {H. Texana) bitter pecan 



CC. Nuts not elongated; bitter. 



D. Buds yellow; nuts smooth; leaflets 7 to 9. 



{H. mimina) bitternut 

 DD. Buds red; nut angled; leaflets 9 to 13. 



(//. aquatica) water hickory 



THE WALNUTS 



The walnuts (genus Juglans) form a noble family of ten 

 species, in which there are no "black sheep" — and this is remark- 

 able in any family. Each species yields valuable wood, and 

 sweet, edible nuts. Each one deserves planting as an ornamental 

 and shade tree. 



Our American forests show four species — two spread over the 

 eastern half of the continent, one grows in the Southwest, and 

 one in California. To these have been added valuable exotic 

 species. The English or Persian walnut {Juglans regia) is grown 

 in the Southern States and in California; and two Japanese 

 species, /. Sieholdiana and /. cordijormis, both of the butternut 

 type but vastly superior to it, thrive in the regions where the 

 English walnut is not hardy. There is also a Manchurian species 

 in cultivation here. One or more walnuts belong in the West 

 Indies and South America. 



Butternut, Oil Nut, White Walnut (/. cinerea, Linn.) — 

 A short-trunked, spreading tree, 50 to 75 feet high, with broad, 

 rounded dome. Bark grey, rough, with broad furrows and 

 narrow ridges, showing paler under bark. Shoots covered with 

 clammy down. IVood light brown, light, soft, coarse grained, with 



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