Forestry
heaviest of the woods in this list except Post Oak, which is the same weight, and Yellow Oak, which is 2 lbs. heavier. It is the favorite for fork-handles and articles requiring strength and spring, but is useless for weather or ground work. Its nuts are the choicest of their kind. It is a tree of many excellencies. ,, U H '-.J I BIO SH£LLBARK Of* KING NUT HICOfHA l.AC/f>ffOSA The Big Shell-bark or King-Nut. (Hicoria laciniosa) Ranges from Central New York south and westerly. It is much like the Shagbark but known by its downy young foliage and orange twigs; its leaflets 7 to 9, rarely 5 and very large, fruit 2 to 3 inches long and oblong, while in Shagbark they are i to 2| inches long and rovmded. Wood 50 lbs. to cubic foot. In rich soil.
