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VERNATION OF CARYA. 
Tue bud of our common shellbark hickory, known in New England 
as walnut, is as beautiful as a flower. Its vernation and evolution are 
most interesting. 
Before it opens, the very large bud consists of a series of imbricated 
scales, coarse and papery without, but as they are successively removed 
growing more delicate until finally they become of satiny sheen and 
texture. These inner scales are, moreover, pubescent, with close, silky 
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