A Brautrrut MmmMortatr. 4h 
Carya (Juglandaces)—Continued. 
©. auBa Nuttall. Shell-bark or shagbark hickory ; a tall and handsome 
tree, yielding the main supply of hickory nuts. Canada, southward. 
GC. Amara Nuttall. Bitternut or swamp hickory; kernel intensely bitter. 
C. auaBra Torrey. Pig-nut or brown hickory; bearing a sweetish or 
bitter, small nut. 
©. microcarpus Nuttall. Balsam hickory; a fine, lofty North American 
tree, 80 feet high, bearing small but pleasant-tasting nuts. 
C. ottvmrormis. The pecan; a slender tree, bearing deliciously fla- 
vored nuts; occurs wild from Illinois, southward. A lofty, handsome tree, 
growing 70 feet in hight, with a straight trunk; of very rapid growth. 
©. sutcata Nuttall. Nut of sweet, pleasant taste. Pennsylvania to 
Kentucky. Thick shell-bark hickory. 
TO BE CONTINUED. 
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A BYAUTIFUL MEMORIAL. 
The botanical museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts, is being enriched by a beautiful series of models of flowers, intended 
to represent the leading genera in all the families of plants. The foliage 
and flowers are represented life size and in natural colors, while character- 
istic generic details are given on an enlarged scale, such asa section of 
ovary or fruit, the style, or stamens or general structure of the flower. An 
average of six pieces are thus made to represent each species included in 
the series. These models are constructed wholly of blown glass, thus being 
nearly indestructible, the mineral colors entering into the composition of 
the glass with few exceptions. 
They are the work of Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolf Blaschka, 
of Dresden, Germany, renowned for their accurate models of jelly fish and 
other marine life. They are the only gentlemen who are skilled in the del- 
icate art which they have mastered. The Blaschkas are to devote ten years 
to the work. The series was presented to Harvard University by Mrs. 
Charles E. Ware and Miss Mary L. Ware, of Boston, in memoriam of the 
husband and father, Dr. Charles E. Ware. Nearly four years have already 
been devoted to the work, and from eighty to one hundred models repre- 
sent a year’s labor. American plants are given preference in the series 
Mr. Rudolf Blaschka came to America in January, 1892, and visited 
Jamaica, and also, in company with Mr. Wm. F. Ganong of Harvard 
University, visited the Pacific Coast, spending a few days in Arizona and 
Southern California in April and May, and returning through Utah, Colo- 
rado and across the great plains, collecting such typical plants as were 
needed and making preparatory sketches from nature. He visited the 
Alleghanies hefore returning to Dresden. 
The models already completed have been uniformly commented upon 
favorably by botanists, and at a short distance are indistinguishible from 
the living plants even to critical eyes. 
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