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TUngi to Kb0w and Do work, and heavy. A cubic foot weighs 38 Hm. Leaflets 13 to 23; and 3 to 5 inches long. Fruit nearly round, li to 3 inches in diameter. Massachusetts to Minnesota and south to Miss- issippi. White Walnttt, Oil Nut, or Butternut (Juglans cinerea) Much smaller than tlie last, rarely 100 feet high; with much smoother bark and larger, coarser, compound leaves, of fewer leaflets but the petioles or leaflet stalks, and the new twigs are covered with sticky down. The wood is light brown, soft, coarse, not strong but very enduring in weather and ground work; light; leaves 15 to 30 inches long; leaflets 11 to 19 in number and 3 to 5 inches long; fruit oblong, 2 to 3 inches long. Nova Scotia to Minnesota and south to Mississippi. Pecan (Hicoria Pecan) A tall slender forest tree in low moist soil along streams, up to 170 feet ill height: famous for its delicious nuts, they are smooth and thin shelled; fruit, oblong, cylindrical, li to inches long. Its leaves are smooth when mature; leaflets 11 to 15, and 4 to 7 inches long; wood hard and brittle, a cul^ foot w^hs 45 lbs. Central Mississippi Valley.