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not protected, bored full of larvae burrows and converted into 

 powder. 



It is to the tough pliable wood of this and other hickories that 

 we look for axe-handles, and at one time home-made scrub brooms, 

 and splint bottomed chairs. It was the shoots of hickory that fur- 

 nished the hickory whistles, braided bark lash whips, and long 

 strands of hickory bark furnished a ready means of tying up things. 

 This species blossoms during May ; the tree by the Inlet was nearly 

 out of flower by May 25, and the nuts ripen with frost. 



234. MOCKER-NUT; WHITE-HEART HICKORY 



HICORIA ALBA (L.) Britton 



Somewhat common on the west side of the lake; there were a 

 few fair-sized trees on Long Point, none of great size. The nuts 

 vary considerably in appearance and flavor; all agree in being 

 rather short and quite thick-shelled. The kernels are not so oily 

 and rich as those of the shellbark hickory, and are covered with a 

 rougher, browner coat. Among the trees that yielded nuts of es- 

 pecially good quality was one on Long Point near Chadwick's, one 

 in Green's field south of the marsh, one along the railroad back of 

 Murray's, and one in Busart's field near the Busart road. One of 

 the trees between Overmyer's and the Inlet has an unusually large 

 number of leaflets. There was one fine tree on the main street in 

 Culver. 



The buds had begun to swell considerably by April 22, 1901. 

 The leaves, especially when they come out in spring, but more or 

 less throughout the summer, emit a pleasant resinous odor, mak- 

 ing this the most fragrant of the hickories. The trees were in 

 blossom by May 17. In autumn the leaves turn a rich clear golden 

 color, making the tree quite conspicuous. By October 4, 1900, the 

 trees were shedding leaves quite profusely, and by October 11 the 

 leaves were dead, many from all of the trees, and nearly all from 

 some of the trees, shed. Children were observed with baskets and 

 sacks of the nuts on October 29, 1904. 



235. SMALL-FRUITED HICKORY 



HICORIA MICROCARPA (Nutt.) Britton 



Rather common on the west side of the lake. There are a few 

 trees at Long Point, one in Green's yard, and one in the yard below 

 Arlington. 



This is generally known in the northern part of the State as 

 Black Hickory. The nuts are various in form, some being more 



