TREES HAVING COMPOUND LEAVES 



89 



41. The Pecan. We usually think of the pecan nut 

 as different from the hickory, yet they belong to the 

 same family. The pecan hickory is a southern tree 

 which delights m the warm climate south of the Ohio 



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Black Walnut 



Butternut 



Fig. 100 



River, and in Texas is found as a grand forest giant 

 one hundred and fifty feet high, producing an enor- 

 mous crop of the sweetest and most delicately flavored 

 nuts. The leaf has nine leaflets and occasionally as 

 many as fifteen. 



