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Carya amara, Nuttall. 



The Bitternut Tree or Swamp Hickory. A tree, 8^ Eeet high, in 

 swampy grounds of North America. Wood lees valuable than that of 

 other Hickories. 



Carya glabra, Torrey* ( Carya porcin a, Nuttall.) 



The Hognut Tree. A tree, 80 feet high, in forest land of North 

 America. Wood very tough ; the heart-wood reddish or dark-coloured ; 

 much used for axletrees and axehandles. 



Carya oliviformis, Nuttall.* 



The Pecan Nut Tree. A lofty tree, fond of river banks in North 

 America. 



Carya sulcata, Nuttall.* 



The Furrowed Hickory and Shellbark Hickory of some districts ; also 

 Shagbark Hickory. A tree, 80 feet high, in damp woods of North 

 America. Heart-wood pale-coloured. Seed of sweet pleasant taste. 



Carya tomentosa, Nuttall.* 



The Mocker Nuttree or White Heart Hickory. A big tree of North 

 America. Likes forest soil, not moist. Heart-wood pale-coloured, 

 remarkable for strength and durability. Seeds very oily. Nut small, 

 but sweet. A variety produces nuts as large as an apple. 



Castanea sativa, Miller* (C. vesca Gartner.) 



. The Sweet Chesnut Tree. South Europe and temperate Asia, as far as 

 Japan, and a variety with smaller fruits extending to North America. 

 It attains an enormous age; at Mount Etna an individual tree 

 occurs with a stem 204 feet in circumference. The wood is light 

 and coarse-grained ; the importance of the tree rests on its adapta- 

 bility for shade plantations, its nutritious nuts and timber value. 



Castanopsis argentea, A. Candolle. 



A lofty tree in the mountains of India, produces also edible chesnuts. 

 Other species of the genus Castanopsis are valuable. 



Casuarina glauca, Sieber. 



The Desert Sheoak, widely distributed through Australia, but nowhere 

 in forest-like masses. This species attains, in favourable places, a 

 height of 80 feet. Its hard durable wood is valuable. Important for 

 its rapid growth, resistance to exposure for shelter plantation, and 

 a speedy supply of fuel, a remark which applies also to the following 

 species. 



Casuarina quadrivalvis, Labillard. 



The Coast Sheoak of South-east Australia, but not merely living in 

 coast sand, but also on barren places up to the hills inland. Height 

 to 60 feet. The male tree is very eligible for avenues, the foliage of 

 the species being drooping. Cattle are fond of the foliage. For 

 arresting the ingress of coast sand by belts of timber, this is one of 

 the most important trees. It produces, like other Casuarinas, seeds 

 early and copiously, and is easily raised . 



Casuarina suberosa, Willd. 



The Erect Sheoak of South East Australia. Height to 40 feet. A 

 beautiful shady species. Casuarina trichodon (Miq.), C. Frascriana, 

 (Miq.), and C. Huegeliana (Miq.), are arboreous species of South-west 

 Australia, all valuable for their wood. 



Cedrela Taona, Roxburgh* 



The Singapore Cedar. A mere variety of this is the Red Cedar of East 

 Australia ( Cedrela Australia, Cunn.) The light beautiful wood, easily 

 worked and susceptible of high polish, is much in request for 



