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a rule, the seedlings of this species are not hardy in the 

 Northern States, but an occasional one will survive if 

 planted in a light, porous soil and a protected situation. 



Common chinquapin (C. pumila. Miller). — This 

 is a small tree, sometimes thirty to forty feet high ; 

 found sparingly as far north as central New Jersey, and 

 on Long Island. It is more common in cultivation than 

 the bush chinquapin, probably because more hardy and 

 better known, but I do not know of any improved varie- 

 ties that have been disseminated under distinct names 

 except the one hereinafter described. 



Among many seedlings raised, of this species, I have 

 selected one which good judges of such things have 

 thought worthy of propagation, and as I do not raise 

 plants for sale, no 

 one will be likely 

 to accuse me of 

 having any selfish 

 motives, further 

 than a pardonable 

 pride in producing 

 something worthy 

 of perpetuation. 

 Furthermore, a s 

 an earnest of my 

 confidence in its 

 ' merits, I have dis- 

 tributed it under 

 my own name. 



Puller's 

 chinquapin. — 

 Leaves large, 

 broadly oval, pointed, coarsely serrate, pale gTeen above, 

 clear silvery white below. Bark on main stem ; branches 

 and twigs smooth, light gray, with numerous white 

 dots. The young twigs thick and stocky, cylindrical, 

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FIG. 24. BITKS OF FULLER'S CHINQUAPIN. 

 ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE. 



