THE WALNUTS AND HICKORIES 



Individual trees are now sold where there used 

 to be whole tracts of' black walnut forests. In 

 Tennessee last year, dealers were buying stumps 

 of old walnut trees which had been left when 

 the trees were first cut, in the early days of 

 the lumber trade. Each stump brought more 

 money than the whole tree originally sold for. 



Its fruit is edible, and an oil is made from its 

 kernels. A kind of bread has also been made 

 from the kernels of these nuts, and the husks are 

 used as a dye. 



The black walnut is found growing Wild in 

 the Northeastern States, but it is more common 

 west than cast of the Alleghanics. 



The English walnut, Jiiglans regia, originally 

 came from Persia, and is sometimes cultivated 

 here. An interesting cross between the Eng- 

 lish walnut and our native butternut is found 

 on the north side of Houghton's Pond in the 

 Blue Hills, Massachusetts. Only a few of these 

 hybrids are known to exist, and all of them are 

 said to grow in the vicinity of Boston. 



A tall, stately tree, 70 to 90 feet 



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Hickory of its rough, flaking hark, which 



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lowi'Sh brown buds, with two outer dark scales, 

 which also shag characteristically. Coarse tivigs; 

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