SEEDS THAT ANIMALS LIKE TO EAT.
THE HICKORY.
The meat of the hickory nut is a seed. The hickory tree bears two kinds of blossoms. Like the willow, it has staminate catkins and also bears pistillate flowers, from which grow nuts. Some hickory catkins are very long and slender and make pretty green tassels on the trees in the spring. Hickory nuts are good to eat, and you may wonder how these delicious nuts, that many creatures are fond of, ever get a chance to grow.
Squirrels are fond of nuts, and they are generally on hand when the nuts are ripe.
Young
hickory nuts.