CHAP. CII. JUGLANDA^CE/E. JUViLANS. I4f^5 



timber trees; but chiefly, because we tbiuk the tree well adapted for cultiva- 

 tion in Australia. 



Slnlislics. Jtig/itiis regia in the Enoirons of London. At Ham House, Essex, it is 72 ft. high, 

 diameter of tlie trunk 3 ft. 3 in., and of tlie head OS ft. ; at Chiswick, it is 65 ft. high ; and in various 

 gardens about Isleworth and Twickenham, from 60 ft. to 80 ft. 



Jtig/ans regin South of London. In Devonshire, at Killerton, it is 5.3 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



2 ft., and of the liead96ft. ; at Cothelstone, it is fi4 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6J ft., and of the 

 head 97 ft. In Dorsetshire, at Melbiiry Park, 200 years old, it is t.fift. high, diameter of the trunk 



3 ft., and of the head 58 ft. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of the 

 top .'> ft., and of the head 59 ft. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, is a walnut tree with a fine spreading head 

 and immensely large limbs, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 90 ft. In Somersetshire, 

 at Nettlecomlie, 40 years planted, it is 38 ft. high ; at Brockley Hall, two trees, 70 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk of one 5 ft. and of the other 4 ft. 7 in. In Sussex, at Cowdray, diameter of the trunk 

 5 ft., and of the head 40 ft. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 100 years old, it is 60 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 4 ft. Sin., and of the head 49 ft. ; at Longford Castle, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 3|ft., and of the head 75 ft. 



Jicg/ans regin North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey, it is 40 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 80 ft. ; at Ampthill, in (iibbs's Nursery, on deep sandy soil, 

 it is 70ft. higli, diameter of the liead (iOft. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years old, 

 it is .30 ft. high. ;ln Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, it is 45 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of 

 the head 35 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, .50 years planted, it is 55 ft. high. In Gloucester- 

 shire, at Doddington, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2ft. 4in., and of the head 59ft. In 

 Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 6 years planted, it is 18^ ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Donnington, 100 

 years old, it is 65 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the stable-yard of the president of St. John's College, 

 Oxford, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk, at 1ft. from the ground, and also at 10 ft. or 12 ft., in 

 height, 4 ft. 4 in., and the diameter of the head 90 ft. In'Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 55 years 

 planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 71 ft. In Rutlandshire, at Bclvoir Castle, 4 yeais planted, it is 

 20 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 100 years old, it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



4 ft. 10 in., and of the head 70 ft. In Worcestershire, at Hadzor House, 17 years planted, it is 32 ft. high. 

 In Yorkshire, at Hackness, 40 years old, it is 35 ft. high. 



J itglans }-egia in the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 42 ft. 



Jughm.s rcgia South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Rozelle, it is 38 ft. high ; at Fullerton, it is 67 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 78 ft. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 10 years 

 planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Kirkcudbrightshire, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 48 ft. higli, diameter of the 

 trunk 2i ft, and of the head 36 ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 46 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the top So ft. In Renfrewshire, at Bothwell Castle, it is 57 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 90 ft. 



JDg/ans rvgia North of Edinburgh. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 20 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 66 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 2 in., and of the 

 head 77 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institution, 9 years planted, it is 

 16ft. high. In Forfarshire, at Monboddo, 24 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In Fileshire, at 

 Danibristle Park, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk :U ft., and of the head 69 ft. ; at Largo 

 House, lit is 40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in. , and of the head 42 ft. In Forfarshire, at 

 Courtachy Castle, 120 years old, diameter of the trunk 2ft, and of the head 40 ft. In Perthshire, 

 at Taymouth, ,30 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Koss-shire, at Brahan Castle, 50 years old, it is 

 45 ft. high. 



Jtig/ans regia in the Environs of Dublin. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 33 years old, it is 

 30 ft. high ; at Cypress Grove, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 96 ft. ; at 

 Terenure, 20 years old, it 25 ft. high. 



Jiiglansregia South of Dub/in In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years old, it is ,50 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 8 in., and of the head 50 ft. 



Miglans r^gia North of Dublin. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. 

 high, Jdiameler of the trunk 2i ft., and that of thetop ,36 ft. In Galway, at Cool, ,35 ft high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2"ft 4 in., and of the head 50 ft. In Sligo, at Makree Castle, it is 65 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head ,39 ft 



Jiiglans regia in France. Near Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, 60 years planted, it is 61 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft At Nantes, in the Nursery of M. De Nerriferes, 80 years old, it is 

 79 ft'high, with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter. 



Jiiglans re^ia in Gertnany. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 45 years 

 planted, it is .36 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 15 ft. ; at Kopenzel, SO years 

 planted, it is 25 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in., and of the head 16 ft.; at Hadersdorf, in 

 the garden of 'Baron Loudon, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and 

 of the head I2ft 



Jiiglans regia ill Russia. It is remarkable that this tree is so much injured by the climate of Odessa, 

 as not to be considered by M. Descemet as acclimatised there ; though J. nigra grows freely, and 

 matures its fruit 



ihglans regia in Italy. In Lombardy, at Monza, 80 years planted, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 60 ft. 



Commercutl Statistics. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, seedlings, 

 hn. per hundred; transplanted plants, from 2ft. to 5ft. high, 23.?. per hundred; 

 from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high, I.v. each ; from 10 ft. to 20 ft. high, 2.9. Gd. each. 

 Nuts, 8.?. per bushel. At Bollwyllcr, plants are I franc each; at New York, 

 40 dollars per hundred, or 50 cents each. 



'i. 2. J. nTgra L. The black-wooded Walnut Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff:, p. 449. ; Willd. .Sp. PI., 4. p. 456. ; Michx. Arb., 1. p. 157. t 1 ; Michx. 



North Amer. Sylva, 1. p. 153. t. 30. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept, 2. p. 636. ; Mill. Diet, No. 2. ; Lodd. 



Cat ed. 1836. 

 Synonymcs. The black Walnut, the black Hickory Nut, N. Amer.; Noyer noir, Fr. 

 Engravings. Michx. Arb., 1. t. 1.; Michx. North Amer. Sylva, t 30.; Jacq. Ic. Kar. 1. t. 191.; Wangh. 



