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THICK SHELLBARK HICKORY. 
Europe it could not fail of succeeding, as it securely braves the most 
intense cold. 
PLATE XXXVI. 
Fig. 1, J1 nut with its husk. Fig. 2. section of the husk. Fig. 3, •rl 
nut without its husk. Fig. 4, •hi barren ament divided into three parts. 
THICK SHELLBARK HICKORY. 
JuGLANs LAciNiosA. J. folHs majoribus,foUolis 1 — ovato-acuminatis, serra- 
tis, subtomentosis, impari, petiolato : fructu majore, ovato ; nuce oblongâ, 
crassâ, mediocriter compressa. 
Càrya Sulcata, Nutt. 
This species bears a striking analogy to the preceding, and is frequently 
confounded with it by the inhabitants of the Western country: some of 
them distinguish it by the name of Thick Shellbark Hickory, which should 
be preserved as its appropriate denomination. East of the Alleghanies, 
this tree is rare, and is found only in a few places ; it grows on the Schuyl- 
kill river 30 or 40 miles from its junction with the Delaware, and in the 
vicinity of Springfield, 15 or 20 miles from Philadelphia, where its fruit is 
called Springfield nut. It is also found in Gloucester county, in Virginia, 
under the name of Gloucester Walnut. These different denominations 
confirm my observation, that this species is little multiplied on the eastern 
side of the Alleghany Mountains ; a fact of which I became assured in 
travelling through the country. It abounds, on the other hand, in the 
bottoms which skirt the Ohio and the rivers which empty into it, where it 
unites with the Honey Locust, Black Maple, Hackberry, Black Walnut, 
Wild Cherry, White and Red Elm, Box Elder, White Maple, and Button 
wood, to form the thick and gloomy forests which cover these valleys. 
Like the Shellbark Hickory, it grows to the height of SO feet, and its ample 
head is supported by a straight trunk, in diameter, proportioned to its 
elevation. The bark exhibits the same singular arrangement with that of 
the Shellbark Hickory : it is divided into strips from 1 to 3 feet long, which 
are warped outward at the end, and attached only at the middle. They 
fall and are succeeded by others similarly disposed. It is only observable 
