88 LITTLE WAXJ)ERERS. 
splits open when the nut is ripe and lets it fall to 
the ground. Of course when a squirrel has eaten 
a nut, that is the end of it. But squirrels are good 
housekeepers and store away nuts in holes in the 
trees or in the ground. Chipmunks do the same, 
and some birds, as nutcrackers and blue jays, hide 
nuts in the same way. Often these nuts are forgotten, 
or else the little creature that hid them may die or 
be killed. Then the nuts that have been put in the 
ground have nothing to do but grow when spring 
warms the earth. 
You see they have been planted by the little nut 
lovers, that certainly had no intention of plating 
them. No doubt a great many nut trees get started 
in this way. 
Hickory nuts are often called "walnuts" in New 
England. The hickory tree belongs to North America, 
and before this continent was discovered only the 
Indians enjoyed hickory nuts. Now they are sent to 
England, and indeed all over the world. 
The wood of the hickory is hard, tough, and flexible 
and is very valuable. 
Andrew Jackson was called " Old Hickory" because 
of his unyielding nature, and when you study the his- 
tory of the United States, or read the life of Jackson, 
you will not wonder that he was so named. 
Hickory switches were used long ago when children 
