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SYLVA AMERICANA. 



Black Walnut. Juglans nigra. 



This tree is known in all 

 parts of the United States 

 where it grows, and to the 

 French of the Canadas and 

 and Louisiana, by no other 

 name than Black Walnut, 

 East of the Alleghanies, the 

 most northern point at which 

 it appears, is about Goshen, 

 in New Jersey in the latitude 

 of 40 50'. West of the 

 mountains, it exists abun- 

 dantly two degrees farther 

 north, in that portion of 

 Genessee, which is compris- 

 ed between the 77th and 

 79th degrees of longitude. 

 This tree is multiplied in the forests in the vicinity of Philadelphia, 

 and with the exception of the lower parts of the Southern States, 

 where the soil is too sandy, or too wet as in the swamps, it is 

 met with to the banks of the Mississippi throughout an extent of 

 2000 miles. East of the Alleghanies in Virginia, and in the 

 upper parts of the Carolinas and of Georgia, it is chiefly confined 

 to the valleys where the soil is deep and fertile, and which are 

 watered by creeks and rivers. 



On the banks of the Ohio and on the islands of this beautiful 

 river, the black walnut attains the elevation of 60 or 70 feet, 

 with a diameter of 3 to 7 feet. Its powerful vegetation clearly 

 points out this, as one of the largest trees of America. When it 

 stands insulated, its branches, extending themselves horizontally 

 to a great distance, spread into a spacious head, which gives it a 

 very majestic appearance. The bark is thick, blackish and on 

 old trees deeply furrowed. The leaves when bruised emit a 

 strong aromatic odor. They are about eighteen inches in length. 



PLATE XLI. 

 Fig. 1. A leaflet. Fig. 2. A nut with the husk. 

 Fig. 3. A nut without the husk. 



