LUTHER BURBANK 
shrub makes it suitable for waste lands, or as an 
adjunct to the chestnut orchard, even far to the 
north. 
The hickory, the black walnut, and the butter- 
nut, already referred to as of doubtful commer- 
cial value, are nuts that may well appeal more 
confidently to the amateur. They grow wild in 
many regions of the Middle West where the chest- 
nut is not indigenous, and the black walnut and 
hickory in particular are widely famed for their 
lumber-—or were before the vandelism of the early 
settlers practically exhausted the supply. As -to 
palatability, there are many persons who would be 
disposed to place the butternut at the very head of 
the list of edible nuts; and no one will deny the 
toothsomeness of hickories and black walnuts. 
All in all, the opportunity for diversion and 
profit in this unexplored direction seems pecul- 
iarly inviting; and it is one that is likely to be 
- éagerly seized by an increasing number of votaries 
as the years go by. The fact that nut-bearing trees 
add permanent beauty to the landscape gives them 
an additional claim on the interest of that growing 
body of city dwellers who are nowadays harking 
back to the soil for aesthetic rather than for com- 
mercial reasons. Meantime the further fact that 
an unfruitful tree may ultimately be valuable as 
lumber should make additional appeal to those 
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