. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. WALNUT FAMILY guishing character and differ in general aspect from those of the other hickories. The fruit also is individual, four ridges or wings reach from the apex half way to the base ; sometimes two of these reach the base, all of them never. The kernel is extremely bit- ter. This species loves the water and in Ohio should be sought at the mar- gins of streams, but in the south it changes its nature and crowds upon the poor, dry, gravelly soil of Ala- bama and Mississippi. It grow
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. WALNUT FAMILY guishing character and differ in general aspect from those of the other hickories. The fruit also is individual, four ridges or wings reach from the apex half way to the base ; sometimes two of these reach the base, all of them never. The kernel is extremely bit- ter. This species loves the water and in Ohio should be sought at the mar- gins of streams, but in the south it changes its nature and crowds upon the poor, dry, gravelly soil of Ala- bama and Mississippi. It grows rap- idly for a hickory, but the entire fam- ily are slow of growth. The nuts should be planted where they are to grow, as the trees are difficult to Bitternut, Hicoria mtnima. Yi' to lYi' long. SHELLBARK HICKORY. SHAGBARK Hicbria ovclta. Cdrya alba. Shagbark refers to the loose shaggy appearance of the bark, and as this peels off easily the tree is also known as Shellbark. Not abundant in New England, reaches its largest size in the val- ley of the Ohio, In the forest attains the height of one hundred feet with a straight columnar trunk. Prefers a deep, rich, rather moist soil. Its tap root is very large and vigorous, and the tree is best reared directly from the nut. Bark.—Dark gray, separates into strips often three feet or more long, three to eight inches wide, which cling to the trunk usually by the middle giving it a rough shaggy appearance. On young stems and branches smooth and light green. Branchlets stout, at first green, slightly angled, downy and covered with brown scurf, during first year reddish or light gray, smooth and shining, later becoming dark gray, finally light gray. Leaf-scars are ovate to semi-orbicular or very obscurely three-lobed, pale. Wood.—Light brown, sapwood nearly white; heavy, tough, close- grained and extremely elastic. Used in manufacture of agricultural 282. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page ima
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