1438 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART ITL. 
check whichis always 
given to taprooted 
trees by transplant- 
ing. Nuts are best 
imported from Ame- 
rica packed in moist 
loam, or in moist 
moss; and, if they 
should germinate be- 
fore their arrival, 
they will suffer little 
injury if planted ima, § 
mediately. 
Insects. The prin- 
cipal insect that at- 
tacks the black wal- 
nut in America is the 
Phale‘na nedgama, 
or great yellow un- 
derwing moth. (jig. 
1261.) The larva is 
of a dark brown, so 
nearly of the colour 
of the bark, against 
which it stretches it- 
self when it has done 
feeding, as hardly to 
bedistinguished from 
it. The perfect in- 
sect is very beautiful ; 
its wings being of a 
bright yellow, and 
bright brown. (Add. 
and Smith, t. 88.) 
Statistics. Jiglans nigra in the Environs of London. At Fulham Palace, 150 years oid, it is 50 ft. 
high ; diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 50 ft. (See p. 43.) At Syon, 79ft. high; diameter of 
the trunk 2 ft. 1lin., and of the head 59ft. The trunk of a walnut tree, grown on the south side of 
Lake Erie, in North America, was exhibited in London in 1827. It was 12 ft. in diameter, hollowed 
out, and furnished as a sitting room. The tree was said to have been 150 ft. high, with branches from 
2 ft. to 4ft. in diameter. The bark was | ft. thick. 
Juglans nigra South of London. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is 52ft. high; di- 
ameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 150 ft. Im Wiltshire, at Bowood, 35 years planted, it is 
48 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4in., and of the head 36 ft. 
Jiglans nigra North of London. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 40 years planted, it is 32 ft. 
high; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2in., and of the head 24 ft. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, it is 53 ft. 
high ; diameter of the trunk 13in., and of the head 29 ft. = 
Jigians nigra in Scotland. In Cromarty, at Tulloch Castle, it is 60ft. high; diameter of the 
trunk 3 ft., and of the head 42ft. In Fifeshire, at Donibristle Park, 14 years planted, it is 35 ft. high ; 
diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 24 ft. 
Juglans nigra in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 15 years old, it is 18 ft. high. In Limerick, 
at Adare, is a tree with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter. ins E ? 
Juglans nigra in France. At Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 60ft. high, 
diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 5in; at Colombe, near Metz, 60 years old, it is 20ft. high, diameter of 
the trunk 1 ft. 6in., and of the head 50 ft. ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 29 years old, it is 
29ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 19 ft. 
Jnglans nigra inGermany. At Gottingen, inthe Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 70 ft. 
high, with a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Cassel, at WilhelmshGe, 60 years old, it is 12 ft, high, with 
a trunk 1 ft. 6in. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 24 years planted, it is 20 ft. 
high. In Austria, near Vienna, at Kopenzel, 25 years planted, it is 16 ft. high; in Rosenthal’s 
Nursery, 20 years planted, it is 30 ft. high; at Hadersdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 40 years 
lanted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14in., and of the head 16 ft.; at Briick on the 
miaahe 45 years planted, it is 56ft. high. At Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, 
it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. 
Jiglans nigra in Italy. In Lombardy, at Monaa, 24 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 16 ft. ; at Desio, near Milan, it is 62ft. high, the diameter of the 
_trunk 2 ft. 3in., and of the head 40 ft. 
Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1s. 6d. each, and 
nuts 9d. per quart; at Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; and at New York, 37% 
cents. 
