Hickory
in botany and commerce, the several species Carya, a genus of Juglandacex. C. alba is the shell-bark, scaly-bark, or shag-bark hickory, from the tendency of the bark to peel off in long, loose strips. Its wood is noted for its elasticity and toughness, growing in this country from South Carolina to New Hampshire. Other species of the genus are the mocker-nut , white-heart , or common hickory (C. tomentosa), the wood of which is excellent for mechanical purposes, or for burning, or for bu burning, the bitter-nut or swamp hickory (C. and was again appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following the retirement of the Gladstone ministry. He held this post with great success until he resigned in 1902. He bitterly opposed the tariff policy of Joseph Chamberlain and founded the Unionist Free Food League.
In 1905 he was made a viscount, and in 1908 was a member of the Ecclesiastical Commission. He died in 1916 .