FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



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be obvious that the latter might almost be taken for a walnut 

 viewed through a diminishing glass. 



This shrub or tree, for it is uncertain which it is, is perfectly 

 distinct from all the other genera of Juglands in having its male 

 flowers in catkins, like those of a willow, composed of narrow 

 scales, hairy, and apparently white inside, with 4 small stamens 

 at their base (Fig. 5), The young nuts are small lenticular 



