Chapter V 



THE WALNUTS AND HICKORIES 



Family Juglandaceae 



FEW trees are more lofty and majestic 

 than certain species of walnuts and 

 hickories. They are stately in sum- 

 mer, but in winter, when the foliage has gone 

 and every branch and twig is thrown in black 

 relief against the sky, their beauty is truly 

 imposing. 



Both walnuts and hickories are valuable 

 timber trees, and the nuts of several species 

 are sweet and edible. 



Two genera of this family are found in 

 An erica, — Juglans and Carya. Of the first 

 gen as there are two species native in the North- 

 easi3rn States, — the butternut and the black 

 wah'.ut. 



Dutternut ^ ^°'^^ Spreading tree, branching 



jLglans cinerea q sllOVt Way Up tJlC triiuk. Gray 



bark, slightly fissured, the clefts not ritmmig to- 

 gether. Recent shoots downy, ivilh a fringe of 



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