BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra, Linn.). 80 to 150 feet Tall, majestic tree with rounded top, comparatively narrow. from the height of the trunk before it breaks into the stiff, ascending limbs; twigs stout, velvety, green to orange-brown, with prominent, 3-lobed leaf-scars, below the winter buds; pith chambered; aromatic sap. Bark brown, with rounded ridges covered with thin scales. Wood purplish brown, fine grained, lustrous, heavy, strong, durable. Used for veneering furniture, interior finish, gun-stocks, shipbuilding. Leaves
alternate, ri to 24 inches long, of 13 to 25 finely saw-toothed leaflets, pubescent beneath, yellow-green, turning yellow in autumn. Flowers greenish, velvety, in May; staminate cat kins 3 to 6 inches long; pistillate in terminal, few-flowered clusters. Fruit 1 or 2 nuts, globose, deeply sculptured, in spongy, aromatic, pitted husks. Dist.: Great Lakes to Gulf: Atlantic seaboard to Nebraska and Texas. Superb park and street tree. Nuts locally sold.