Hickory

Hickory (Carya) - A very interesting and distinct group of forest trees, little planted in England in our own day, but so valuable in their own country for their wood that they deserve a place in our choice plantations. Trees of N.E. America mostly, and usually hardy, they are sometimes well over 100 feet high; in their own country inhabiting moist woods and swampy grounds, and therefore likely to be useful in ours in soil not thought good enough for many trees. Among them are:—C. olivaeformis Pecan, a tree which sometimes attains to a height of over 150 feet, with a trunk diameter of 6 feet, and which bears a delicious nut. It has rather a southern distribution, and therefore would be best, no doubt, in good warm soils in England. C. amara (the bitter nut), a tree of about 100 feet in moist woods, from Canada downwards, ascending high on the mountains. C. aquatica (Water Hickory), a swamp tree sometimes nearly 100 feet high in wet woods and swamps from Virginia south and westwards. C. alba (Shellbark Hickory) also often over 100 feet high; a native of Canada and of the Western and Southern States. C. sulcata (King-nut), a tall forest tree over 100 feet high in the New England States and westwards. C. tomentosa (Fragrant Hickory) growing nearly 100 feet high and inhabiting the cold regions of the West and New England. C. microcarpa (Small-fruited Hickory), a tall tree of nearly 90 feet high; New England and westwards. C. procina (Pig-nut Hickory), a very tall tree of over 100 feet, bearing very bitter seeds, also a tree of cold northern regions.

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