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WATER BITTERNUT HICKORY. 
succeeded, it is not to be concluded that a sufficient product of this sort can 
be obtained to form a branch of industry ; neither this, nor any other spe- 
cies of Walnut, is abundant enough in the United States. 
In the texture of its bark, and in the color of its heart and sap, the Bit- 
ternut Hickory resembles the other Hickories, and its wood possesses, 
though in an inferior degree, the weight, strength, tenacity and elasticity 
which so plainly distinguish them. At Lancaster, it is used for fuel, but it 
is not considered superior to the White Oak, nor sold at a higher price. 
The Bitternut Hickory exists and bears fruit in several gardens in 
France ; but it is of no value for its nuts, and flourishes only in very fertile 
soils ; as its wood, also, is proved in America to be inferior to that of the 
following species, I think it should not be propagated in the forests of 
Europe. 
PLATE XXXIII. 
A leaf of the natural size. Fig. 1, A nut with its husk. Fig. 2, A nut 
without its husk. 
WATER BITTERNUT HICKORY. 
JuGLANS AQiJATicA, J. foUoUs 9 — 1 L^‘% lanceolato-ucuminatis, suhserrafis, 
sessilibus, impart hr éviter petlolato : fructibus pedunculatis, nuce subdepressci, 
parvâ, rubiginosâ, tenerâ. 
Càrya Aquatica, Nütt. 
No specific name has hitherto been given this species, which is confined 
to the Southern States ; it is confounded with the Pignut Llickory, though 
differing from it in many respects. The name which I propose, appears 
sufficiently appropriate, for I have always found this tree in swamps, and 
ditches which surround the rice fields, where it is accompanied by the Red 
flowering Maple, Tupelo, Cypress and Carolina Poplar. The Water 
Bitternut Hickory grows to the height of 40 or 50 feet, and in its general 
