Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Etc. 31 
NUT = BEARING TREES 
Butternut 
A most valuable nut tree ; we have 
known them to bear at seven years from 
the seed. 
Chestnut 
See Shade and Ornamental 
See Shade and Ornamental 
Sweet. 
Trees. 
Horse. 
Ti'ees. 
Hazelnut 
The common native nut-bearing shrub 
of our woods. 
HicKory 
Bitter. This tree close- 
ly resembles the shell - 
liark, but with a bitter 
nut instead of a sweet 
one. The wood is also 
less valuable. 
Shellbark. In flavor and 
quality of kernel this is 
generally esteemed the 
choicest of our native 
nuts, — of all nuts, some 
experts have said. The 
tree is a handsome, state- 
ly shade tree, with tou^h 
white wood of great 
strength and elasticity, 
marketable at high prices. 
Oak 
Pin. Almost pyramidal 
in habit, and sometimes 
described as half-weep- 
ing when old, because its 
lower branches touch the 
ground. It grows faster 
and develops the family 
characteristics earlier 
than most Oaks, as may 
be seen from some fine 
avenues planted within 
the last score of years. 
The leaves are deep green , 
glossy and finely divided. 
Orange-scarlet in fall. 
Red. A large tree, un- 
usually large in leaf and 
quick in growth. Tlin 
young shoots and leaf- 
si ems are red, the foliagr 
purplish crimson in au- 
tumn. A most beautiful, 
majestic object on the 
lawn; acorns very large. 
White. Grandest of its 
genus and of our Ameri- 
can trees. A spreading, towering species, 
with rugged, massive trunk and branches. 
The deeply- lobed leaves change to dark 
crimson in fall. 
Black Walnut 
Too well known to need description. 
The lumber of this tree is becoming im- 
mensely valuable. We were informed 
by one of the leading furniture manu- 
facturers of this state, a short time since, 
that the best grades of black walnut lum- 
ber could not be bought for less than 
$250 per thousand feet. 
