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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Juglans—continued. 
of hardy or half-hardy deciduous trees, widely dispersed 
over the temperate and sub-tropical regions of the Northern 
hemisphere. - Flowers inconspicuous, deciduous; males in 
single catkins, and having a calyx of three to six irregular 
lobes; female flowers solitary, or a few in a group, ter-` 
minal upon a shoot. Fruit having a fleshy, fibrous epi- 
carp, bursting irregularly ; endocarp two-valved, furrowed. 
J uglans—continued. 
in pendulous clusters, woolly. Z., leaflets sessile, truncate at the 
base, thin, soft, shortly toothed, green above, paler beneath. 
Origin uncertain. See Fig. 346. 
J. cinerea (ashy-grey).* Butter Nut. fl. greenish. Spring. fr. ob- 
Jong-ovate, with a tapered tip, downy, covered with viscid matter 
in small transparent glands, pendulous on a flexible peduncle. 
l., leaflets fifteen to seventeen, lanceolate, rounded at the base, 
serrate, tomentose beneath ; lateral ones sessile. A. 30ft. to 60ft. 
United States, 1656: See Fig. 347. (B. M. Pl. 247.) 
Fic. 348. FRUITING BRANCH OF JUGLANS REGIA. 
Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate. The species 
thrive in almost any kind of fertile soil, provided the 
sub-soil be dry and the site moderately sheltered. For 
general culture, &c., see Walnut. 
J. ailantifolia (Ailantus-leaved), fl. greenish, males in long, 
slender catkins. Spring. fr. violet-red when young, numerous, 
Fig. 350. FRUIT OF JUGLANS REGIA LONGIROSTRIS. 
J. nigra (black).* fi. greenish. Spring. jr. globose, roughish, 
with minute prominent points, situated upon a short inflexible 
peduncle. Z., leaflets thirteen to seventeen, cordate-acuminate, 
unequal at the base, serrated, somewhat downy. h. 60ft. United 
States, 1656. (W. D. B. ii. 158.) 
J. regia (royal).* Common Walnut-tree. fl. i 
fr. with a green husk, oval, situated upon short inflexible 
Fig. 349. LEAF AND NUT OF JUGLANS REGIA ELONGATA. 
