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The published records of the distribution are as follows: ('lark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Dearborn (CoUins); Delaware (Phinney); Del- 

 aware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Fountain (Brown); 

 Franklin (Raymond) and (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamil- 

 ton (Wilson); Jay (M'Caslin); Jefferson (Young); Knox (Thomas); 

 Kosciusko (Clark); Marion (Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Noble (Van 

 Gorder); Parke (Hobbs); Posey (Schneck); Steuben (Bradner); 

 Vigo (Blatchley); Wayne (Petry and Markle). 



Additional records are: Montgomery (Evans); vicinity of New 

 Albany (Clapp); Putnam (Grimes) and (MacDougal); Tippecanoe 

 (Coulter); Hancock, Knox, Laporte, Marshall, Owen, Posey and 

 Wells (Deam). 



Economic uses. Heart wood thin, dark brown, sap wood thick, 

 nearly white, light, soft, weak, and warps badly in drying. Used 

 principally for siding, sheeting, heading, wagon boxes, shelving, 

 excelsior and pulp. The lumber has been such a favorite on account 

 of its lightness that the supply has been nearly exhausted. 



Horticultural value. A stately tree, adapted to a moist soil, 

 propagated either from cuttings or seedlings, grows very rapidly, 

 developing a full wide and rounded top with a few large ascending 

 branches. Frequently planted for a quick shade producing tree 

 and for wind breaks, and well adapted to the planting of areas that 

 frequently overflow. 



A horticultural form of this species is sold as Carolina poplar. 

 No greater mistake can be made in tree culture than in planting 

 the Carolina poplar. While in its first years it grows rapidly and 

 has a handsome foliage, it very soon acquires practically every un- 

 desirable tree habit. It should never be used unless as a tempo- 

 rary shelter for more valuable forms which are intended to be per- 

 manent. 



JUGLANDACEiE. The Walnut Familv. 



Trees with leaves alternate, odd pinnate, large and aromatic; 

 flowers appearing after the leaves unfold, the staminate in catkins, 

 the pistillate solitary or in clusters; fruit a nut in a fleshy or hard 

 fibrous shell; kernel edible or astringent. 



Pith medium brown, interrupted by transverse sections; 

 sterile catkins thick, sessile, or short stalked; sta- 

 mens 8-40; nuts with a network of rough projections. . 1 Juglans. 



Pith light brown, not interrupted by transverse parti- 

 tions; sterile catkins slender, long stalked; stamens 

 3-10; nuts more or less angled but smooth 2 Hicoria. 



