CONTENTS. xi 
Thick Shellbark Hickory. General Characteristics.— Quality of 
its Fruit—Composition of Leaf.—Pignut Hickory.—Its Size, At- 
tainable Height, and Particular Qualities.—Quality of its Fruit, 
and for What Used.—The Mocker Nut.—Attainable Height and 
Size.—Manner of Growth.—Its Fruit Described.—Distinguishing 
Characteristics.—Probable Reason of its Name.—The Pecan Nut. 
—Its Attainable Height.—Quality of its Wood and Fruit.—Gen- 
eral Appearance and Productiveness.—The Bitter-Nut Hickory.— 
Its Associate Trees.—Where Found and Progressive Decrease.—Its 
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CHAPTER XXII. 
THE PINES. 
Their Rank among Trees. — Uses to Which Put.— Produce of the 
Pine. —Places Famous for its Growth. —Its Ornamental Advan- 
tages.—The White Pine.—Its Attainable Height and Size.—Scar- 
city of the Pine in New England and Other States, and Cause. 
—Present Supply, from Where Procured.— Future Prospects of 
Pineries.—Its Accommodating Growth.—Soil Suited to its Growth. 
—Effect of Varied Soils on Quality of its Wood.—An Objection 
to its Ornamental Qualities.—Properties of its Wood as Fuel.— 
A Suggestion on Planting the Pine—The Red Pine.—Its Nativ- 
ity.—Attainable Height.—Soil Suited to its Growth.—General Ap. 
pearance. — Durability and Quality of its Wood. —Its Beautify- 
ing Advantages.—Experienced Difficulties of Raising.—Practised 
Roguery in Selling Seed —Gray and Scrub Pine.—Its Diffused 
Range of Growth and Attainable Size. —For What Used and for 
What Recommended.—Its Advantages for Ornamental Purposes.— 
Its Easy Culture. —The Yellow Pine: Where Found.—Its Sub- 
stituted Name. —Pcculiarities of its Growth. — Soil Suited to its 
Abundant Growth. —Its Good Qualities and Chief Uses. — Pitch 
Pine.—Its Confined Range of Growth.—Soil Suited to its Growth, 
and its Attainable Height. —Its Particular Properties. — Its Chief 
Uses. —Its Undesirable Peculiarities. —Stone Pine. — Where 
Found.—Chief Uses and Adaptability.—Properties of its Seed and 
Durability of its Wood.—Reason of its Non-extensive Cultivation. 
—Loblolly Pine: Its Disadvantages and General Uselessness. — 
Scotch Pine.—Its Relative Merits Compared with the White Pine. 
—Its Usefulness and Recommended Culture.— Austrian Pine: 
as Recommended by Bryant, Loudon, and Bayreuth. — Where 
Found-——Purpose for which Cultivated.—Its Durability and Other 
Advantages.—Scrub Pine—Where Found and its Uselessness.— 
Corsican Pine.—Its Nativity, Valuableness, Attained Height, and 
Manner of Growth. — Its Ornamental Advantages. — Table-Moun- 
tain Pine.—Its Height and Appearance.—Where Found and Gene- 
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