THE SUMACH, WALNUTS, HICKORIES, ETC. 231 



The brownisli-wliite wood is exceedingly tough 

 and hard, and is much used in the manufacture of 

 carriages, agricultural implements, axe handles, and 

 farm wagons. The handsome, clear green foliage 

 and the symmetrical proportions of the shagbark 

 hickory make it an impressive tree of exceptional 

 beauty. There is a most stately and picturesque 

 tree, over 50 feet high, on the land of Mr. Augustus 

 Fowler, at Danvers, Mass. 

 BigSheUbark. The big shellbark differs from the 

 GaryamUata.. foregoing spccies in the fol- 

 Hicoria ladniosa. lowing particulars 

 There are usually seven leaflets 

 (sometimes there are nine) which 

 are more downy and of a bronze- 

 green hue beneath ; above, they 

 seem to me to be a deeper green. 

 The young branchlets are somewhat 

 orange-colored. The nut is much 

 larger (from an inch and a quarter 

 to nearly two inches long), and it 

 is usually pointed at both ends. 

 The strips of bark are narrower. 

 This hickory is rather rare and lo- 

 cal, and extends from Bucks Coun- 

 ty, Pa., and central I^ew York 

 westward to Missouri and Indian Territory, 



Big Shellbark, a leaflet: 

 nut showing sharp 

 point at the base. 



