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Bearing Crees 



WHAT memorjos of chestnutting parties, 

 Jpf fingers stained with the dye of wal- 

 nut hiills, and of joyous tramps afield 

 in the very heart of t^ year, come to many 

 of u« when we think of th« nuts of familiar 

 knowledge rHickErry> nuts and butternuts, too, 

 perhaps hazeinats and even beechnuts — all 

 thege American boys and girls of the real 

 country know. In th$ far South, and, indeed, 

 reaching well up into the Middle West, the 

 pecan holds sway, and a majestic sway at that, 

 for its size makes it the fellow of the great 

 trees of the forest, worthy to be compared with 

 the chestnut, the walnut, and the hickory. 



But it has usually been of nuts to eat that 

 we have thought, and the chance for palatable 

 food has, just as with some of the best of the 

 so-called "fruit" trees — all trees bear fruit! — 

 partially closed our eyes to the interest and 

 beauty of some of these nut -bearers. 



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