TREES OF INDIANA. 
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'Southern Indiana, especially in Washington and surround¬ 
ing counties, and is reached by three of our railways. It 
is long lived, and rivals the oak in size and growth, but the 
fibres are more compact. Young chestnuts are tough, 
'flexible and elastic, and contain but a small proportion of 
sap-wood. This wood is valuable for furniture and inside 
finish. As the annual growths are very large, it bears a 
fine polish, the color being lighter than ash, but of a differ¬ 
ent shade. It is also a superior saw timber for all heavy 
work. It is an ornamental tree of rare beauty, but like 
most of the nut trees, is tap-rooted, and does not readily 
bear transplanting unless taken from the nursery. It is 
much prized for its fruit, and the European variety (c. vesca) 
is largely planted in England for its nuts and timber. It 
is most valuable for rail timber, as it reproduces itself from 
the stump, and the second growth is the best. 
Cary a alba —Shell-bark or Shag-bark Hickory. 
C. sulcata —Western Shell-bark Hickory. 
C. tomentosa —Mockernut or Whiteheart Hickory. 
■C. aquatica —Water or Swamp Hickory. 
•C. porcina —Brown or Pig-nut Hickory. 
• C. micro-carpa —Small Fruited Hickory. 
The above varieties are common and generally distrib¬ 
uted throughout the State. 
We regret to find that D. J. Browne, in his “ Trees of 
America,” (Harper & Brothers, New York,} a volume of 
more than five hundred octavo pages, omits all reference, 
not only to the hickory, but to all the other nut trees of 
America, including the beech and chestnut, and also to our 
indigenous pines. The hickory is a characteristic Ameri¬ 
can tree, unknown in Europe, and no other tree east of the 
Atlantic can be. used in many arts to the same advantage. 
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If has no counterpart in Europe. The above six varieties 
of this invaluable wood reach this market from our own 
