. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BB. BiitU large, %-l in. long: nut angled; kernel sueet c. Biirk not shaggy : branches and petioles tomentose : outer hiid-srales falling in autumn: husk not separating ,jailr /.,'l,ahrnus at length, 4-8 in. long: fr. generally ntiloTiir. 'J-*l iii. !nn:r: nut yel- lowish white, oblong, but si'iiictiiiies as I.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BB. BiitU large, %-l in. long: nut angled; kernel sueet c. Biirk not shaggy : branches and petioles tomentose : outer hiid-srales falling in autumn: husk not separating ,jailr /.,'l,ahrnus at length, 4-8 in. long: fr. generally ntiloTiir. 'J-*l iii. !nn:r: nut yel- lowish white, oblong, but si'iiictiiiies as as long, slightly compressed and uhscurL-ly 1 aiii,'lcd. jiitinted at both ends; kernel sweet. N. Y. tu Iowa, suuth to Tenn. and Ind. Terr. 7:348-49. 11. ovata, Britt. (('«)â ;/« oVftrt, Nutt.), Sharbark-Hick- ORV, Also Little ShelliBark-Hickory, although the HIERACIUM latter name by some is applied to the preceding. Figs. 10G7, 10U8. Tree, occasionally to 120 ft.: Ifts. generally 5, sessile, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, ser- rate, densely fimbriate, pubescent and glandular when young, glabrous at length, 4-6 in. long : fr. subglobose, about 1H-2]^ in. long; nut white, oblong to broadly obo- vate,4-angled ; kernel sweet. From Que- bec to Minn., south to Fla. and Tes. , 7:340-47, Em, 217, 10. A. G. 11:380, 6,9; 387, 3; 388,11. :51, A,P, 14:339,-Next to Pecan the best as a fruit tree, especially for the northern states, where Pecan is not quite hardy. Several named varieties are in trade, of which probably var, Balesi, Hort., with large, thin-shelled nut, is the best known. An ornamental, often very picturesque tree; the stout branches forming a rather broad, usually somewhat open head, H. Carollnfs-septentrionalis, Ashe. Allied to H. ovata: fr. smaller : Ifts. 3-5, oblong-lanceo- late, glabrous. N. C. to Ga.â H. MexicAjia, Engelm. Tree, with shaggy bark and tomen- tose-pubescent Ivs.: fr. depressed, with rather thick husk an
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