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hair-like flyks, crowned with acute ftigrnas. ^e em- 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fcdion of 



Linnasus's twcnty-firft clals, intitled Moncscia Pen- 

 tandria, from the plants having male and female flo- 

 rets, and the male florets having five fl;amiria. 

 The Specii-s are, 

 \^ IvA {Annua) foliis lanceolato-ovatis, caule herbaceo, 

 Hort. Upfal. 2S5. Ivy with oval fpear^J/japed leaves 

 . ^fid an herbaceous ftalk. Tarconantlius foliis cordatis 



Prod. Leyd, 538. 

 foliis lanceolatis, caule fruticofo. 



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JuGLANS {Regia) foliolis ovalibus glabris fubferral 

 tis fub^qualibus. Hort. Clifl:: 449. F^alnut with oval 

 fmall leaves orlvbes^ whij? are fmooth^ fawfd^ and equal. 

 Nux juglans five Regia vulgaris. C. B. P.ai?. Com- 



mon ff^almu. 



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■ ferratis tnnervis, 

 2. IvA {Frutefcens) 



Amoen. Acad. 3. p. 25. Iva with fpear-fhaped leaves 

 ; and a Jhrulby ftalL Agerato affinis, Peruviana fru- 



- tefcens. Pluk. Aim. il'. - ' 



; .The firil fort grows natufally in many parts of the 

 . Weft-Indies ; it is ah annual plant, with an her- 

 ', baceoUs ftalk, v/hich rifes from two to three feet 

 high, fending out feveral branches from the fides, 

 . which are garnifhed with oval fpear-fliaped leaves, 

 havino- three deep longitudinal veins, and are fawed 

 on their edges ; the ftalks and branches ai"e terrhi- 

 nated by fmall clufters of pale blue flowers, which 

 : appear in July, and are fucceeded by feeds which ri- 

 pen in the autunin: ..' r>.- : ? ; s-^ t. 

 This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown in 

 .- the fpring upon a moderate hot-Bed'i' and when the 

 : plants arc fit to rembve^fhey 'fhould be tranfplanted 



■ 'oh another hot-bed to bring them forward, treating 

 .'; tbem in the lame way as is direfted for Impatiens, 



•;Vith which management the plants v/ili flower and 

 '_. perfe6t their feeds. *^ V--; ':.■:' ; ' - \ " j ': 



; -The fecon3'fort hasl^een long an inhabitant of the 

 ^ -Englifh gardens," where it has been know^n by the ti- 

 ij' tie of Jefuits. Bark-tree. It hath flender ligneous 

 '• branches which rife eight or ten feet high, garnifhed 

 j- with fpear-fliaped fawed leaves ; the branches (in 

 ;^ wpfm feafons) are terminated by fmall clufters of 

 t-flcwers, of a pale purple colour, which appear the 



vlAtter^end .of Auguil, but are not fucceeded by feeds 

 : viti England. ; 



'u This fiirub was .fome years pafl prcferved in green- 

 .vhoufes, Bemg fuppofed too tender to live through the 



- winter In \he open air; but late trials haye made it 

 appear, that the ordinary wintqrs in England feldom 



^:hurt it, provided it is planted in a dry foil and a Ihel- 

 r.:tered fituatioriv It is propagated' in the nurfery-gar- 

 videns about London for fale, and if the branches ai'e 



JuGLANS^ (Nigra) foliolis quinder/is lanceolatis ferra- 

 exterioribus minoribus gemmulis fuper axillari- 

 bus. Lin. Sp. 1415. PFalnut-t?^ee with fpear-Jhaped 

 lobes which are Jharply fawed^ the middle being the 

 largeji. Nux juglans Vifginiana nigra. H. L, 452. 



Black Virginia Walnut. , . . 



3. Juglans [Oblonga) foliolis cordato-lanceolatis in- 

 ferne ne'rvoiis, pediculis foliorum pubefcentibus. 

 Walnut with heart 'Jpea7'-Jfjaped lobeSy having marry veins 

 on their tmder ftde^ and downy foot'Jlalks to the leaves, 

 Juglans nigra, fruftu oblongo profundiffimc infculpto. 

 Cat. Hort. Chelf. Black Virginia V/alnut^ with an oblong 

 fruit very deeply furrowed, ^ : * • ■ 



4. Juglans {Alba) foliolis lanceolatis ferratis, exterio- 

 ribus latioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. '997. Walnut with 

 fpear-fhaped fawed lobes ^ the outer being th^e Iroadeji. 



, Nux juglans alba Virginienfis. Park. Theat. 1414. 



■ White Virgz7iia Walnut called Hicksry Nut, : ^' • v:\ 

 Juglans (Glabra] foliolis cu'neiformib'us ferratis, ex* 

 tcrioribus majoribus. Walnut with wedge-fhaped lobes 



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which are fawed^ the outer beiug the largefi,.- Juglans 

 , alba fruftu niinori cortice glabro. Clayt. Flor. Vii'g. 



White Walnut with a fmaller fruity and a fmooth bark. 



6. JudLAN? (Ovata) foliolis lanceolatis ferratis glabris 



_ fu basqualibusl Walnut with fmooth^ fpear-fhaped^ fawed 



:■ kbfSy which are equal. ,J^^ alba 'frudu ovato 



' coniprefTo, nucleo dulce^^tortice fquamofo. CJayt. 



Flor. Virg. WhiteWalmt with an oval compreffed fruity 



bark 



, There are feveral varieties of Ae cdmmon Walnut, 



which are difl:inguiflied by the follQ\ying titles : the 



large Walnut, the thin fhelled Walnitt, the French 



'. .Walnut, the late ripe Walnut, and the double Wal- 



, nut; but thefe do all of them vary when raifexl by 



- the feed, fo that the nuts from the fame tree will pro- 



■ duce plants whofe fruit will differ ; therefore there 



can be no dependence upon the trees which are raifed 



; from nuts,' till they' have produced fruit-, fo that 



. thofe petfQris who plant the' trees for their fruit, 



';. fhoyld make, choice of them in the hurferies when 



they have their fryAt^.ypon them, otherwife' the/ 



. may be deceivecl, by having fuch as they would not^ 



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The fecon^ fort is commonly called Black Virginia 

 layed into the ground in the fpring," they will put Mt }\''xWalnutVth;s grows to a large fize in North America.'V 



■ ;The leaves of this fort are cornpofe.d of five or fix 

 : pair of fpear-maped lobes, which end in acute points, 



and are fawed on their edges ; the lower pair of lobes 

 'are the leaft, the other gradually increafe in tlieir fize'" 



to the top, where the pair at the. top, and the fingle - 



, Ip^e .which jerQiin ^beleafi are fmaller; thefe 



^^ leaves, when^bruifedjernit a ftrong aromatic flavour, 



r as 3o alfo the outer cover of the nuts, "which are , 



Irougli,' and rounder" than thofe of the common Wal- 



*"fi*iri "• The Ihcll of the nut IS vei^ hard and thick, and 



,- roots in fix months y or if cuttings are planted in a 



; Ihady border in May, they will take root, "ri'^^^f '" ■ ' 

 JUDAIGA ARBOR.- See Gercis. \ "^'?^- 

 JUG 1. A N Si" -LinV Gen!! Plant. 950. Nux. Toiirn. 

 f«*iil!:R.H.58x. tab; 346; Walnut r in French', Noi 



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l. it hath male and female flower s at feparate dijiances on 

 , rihe fame tree. The male flowers are difpofed in an oblong 

 y¥t^ orkatBn^ which is cylindruatand imbricated^ with 

 'Jpaces between the fcalet\ each fcale has oHe flower, with 

 '::^.cne petal fixed in the outer ceitter^ toward the cutfide of 

 i ^ the fcale, ^ The petal is divided into flx equal parts-, in the 



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 acute fummits., The female flowers groiv in fmalt clufters . 



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where the trees grow to a large fize. , The leaves of 



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heart-ihaped * lobesj?" broad at their bale, where they 



■ Jkting clofe Yo'the branches^ thefe have afhort, ireSi^four- \ ... are divided into two found ears, but terminate in acute 



pointed 'inipatement, fltting on the germen, and an^ ad'Ute 

 r,ere£I petal, divided info four parts, , ^^nd^^^^^ 

 mentftts a large cvfl'ger^en, fupportirtg two floor tfiyles. 



(rov:nei by large reflexedftigmas. The germen afterward 



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'cmes a large oval dry berry, with one cell, incloflng a 

 • 'hr^/'oVal'nut' with netted furrows, whofe kernel hath 

 \ -fcur lobes, 'which are vdrioufly furrowed', 

 This geuus, of plants is ranged in the eighth fcdlion 



V of Linna^us's tweiiity-fi^'ft ciafs, iiltitjgd Mpraoecia Po- 

 ■ Jyandria^' incluciino; thofe plants which have male and 

 ;- temale flowers on the fame plant, and the male flov/ers 

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 -. .thofe pixh^ fecopd fort, and haye nothing of the aro- 

 J matic fcent whicH they have- The fruit is very long, 

 l. The ftiell is deeply furrowed, and is very hard. The 

 ' kernel is fmall, but well flavouredi^i'^-"^^; V_." 



^The foiifth forf !s''^?iy cornmon in nlofl parts of 

 North' Artxerica, where it is called Hickery Nut. The 

 ',rieav,e3 of thi^. fort are compofed of two or thi:ee pVir 

 of obbng lobes, termmated by an odd pne^ thefe are^*^ 

 of a light green, and fawed on theiredgesj the lower; 

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