S8 TREES 



uable offerings than this one, rugged and ragged though it 

 be. 



The Big Shellbark 



H. lacinata, Sarg. 



The big shellbark, like the little shellbark, is a common 

 forest tree in the Middle West and Middle Atlantic states. 

 It has a shaggy trunk, stout limbs, picturesquely angular, 

 and it bears nuts that are sweet and of delicious flavor. In 

 winter the orange-colored twigs, large terminal buds, and 

 persistent stems of the dead leaves are distinguishing 

 traits. These petioles shed the five to nine long leaflets 

 and then stay on, their enlarged bases firmly tied by fibre 

 bundles to the scar, though the stems writhe and curve as 

 if eager to be free to die among the fallen blades. 



"Ejng nuts," as the fruit of this tree is labelled in the 

 markets, do not equal the httle hickory nuts in quality, 

 and their thick shells cover meats very little larger. But 

 the nut in its husk on the tree is often three inches long — • 

 a very impressive sight to hungry nut-gatherers. 



In summer the downy leaf -linings and the uncommon 

 size of the leaves best distinguish this tree from its near 

 relative, whose five leaflets are smooth throughout, small, 

 very rarely counting seven. 



The Pecan 



H, Pecan, Britt. 



The pecan tree bears the best nuts in the hickory family. 

 This species is coming to be a profitable orchard tree in 

 in^y sectic^QS of the South. Most of the pecan nuts in the 



