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wteels, and for firing, if there is enough of it. For these 

 reasons, it should be preserved with care and its growth 

 assisted. The hornbeam delights in rich soils ; the seed 

 is dry, hard, and" winged, and a pound of it contains 

 about ten thousand pickles, which are slow to germi- 

 nate. It would be as well to sow in autumn, though the 



46 — Carpinus Americana — -Leaves and seeds of hornbeam. 



seed can be kept in damp sand till spring. Eng. No. 46 

 represents the leaves of the hornbeam, and Eng. No. 47. 

 p. tl, its seed. 



Carya Alba — Shell-bark Hickory. Carya Amara — Bitter- 

 Hickory. Carya Glabra — Pig nut. Carya Microcar- 

 pa — Small-fruit Hickory. Carya Tomentosa — White- 

 heart Hickory. 



I unite all these hickories under one head, for the pur- 

 pose of giving a description common to the whole, in 

 which I shall point out wherein they differ from one 

 another. The hickory delights in cool, rich soils. Its seed, 

 a white nut with a thin shell, the kernel of which is 



