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ARBORErUlM AND FIUrTICKIUM. 



'Airr III. 



ilieckwliich is always /^x 12G1 



given to taprooted 

 trees by transplant- 

 ing. Nnts arc best 

 imported from Ame- 

 rica packed in moist 

 loam, or in moist 

 moss ; and, if they 

 siiould germinate be- 

 fore their arrival, 

 they will snffer little 

 injnry if planted im- 

 mediately. 



Inserts. The prin- 

 cipal insect that at- 

 tacks the black wal- 

 nnt in America is the 

 Phalae^na neogama, 

 or great yellow un- 

 derwing moth. {Jig. 

 1261.) The larva is 

 of a ilark brown, so 

 nearly of the colour 

 of the bark, against 

 which it stretches it- 

 self when it has done 

 feeding, as hardly to 

 be distinguished from 

 it. The perfect in- 

 sect is very beautiful; 

 its wings being of a 

 bright yellow, and 

 bright brown. {Abb. 

 and Smith, t. 88.) 



Statistics, itiglans nigra in tlic Environs of London. At Fulham Palace, 150 years old, it is 50 ft. 

 high ; diametcrof the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 50 ft. (See p. 43.) At Syon, 79ft. high ; diameter of 

 the trunliSft. 11 in., and of the head .5<)ft. The trunk of a wahiut tree, grown on the south side of 

 Lake Eric, in North America, was exhibited in London in IS'27. It was lift, in diamettr, hollowed 

 out, and furnished as a sitting room. The tree was said to have been 1.00 ft. high, with branches from 

 2 ft. to 4 ft. in diameter. The bark was 1 ft. thick. 



3ilglans n)gra South of London. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is .52 ft. high ; di- 

 ameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head LOO ft. In Wiltshire, at liowood, j5 years planted, it is 

 48 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head .jfi ft. 



Miglans nigra Xorth of London. In Lancashire, at lyatham House, 40 years planted, it is S2 ft. 

 high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, it is m ft. 

 high ; diameter of the trunk 13in., and of the head 29 ft. 



iiiglaus n'igra in Scotland. In Cromarty, at Tulloch Castle, it is 60 ft. high ; diameter of the 

 trunk .) ft., and of the head 42ft. In Kifeihire, at Donibristle Park, 14 years planted, it is So ft. high ; 

 diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 24 ft. 



Jiiglans 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. 



Jiigliins nigra in France. At Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 60 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 1ft. 5in; at Colombe, near Metz, Oi) years old, it is 20ft. high, diameter of 

 the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head5((ft. ; at Avranchis, in tlie Botanic Garden, 29 years old, it is 

 29ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 19 ft. 



Jiiglans nigra in Clermanj/. AtGottingen, in the Botanic Garden, '10 years planted, it is 70 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 1 ft. in. in diameter. In C:a.s.sel, at Wilhclmshiie, GO years old, it is 12 ft. high, with 

 a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 24 years jjjanted, it is 20 ft. 

 high. In Austria, near Vienna, at Kopenzcl, 25 years planted, it is Ifi ft. high; in Rosenthal's 

 Nursery, 20 years planted, it is 30ft. high; at Hadersdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 40 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the head 16 ft.; at Briick on the 

 I/Cytha, 4.') years planted, it is 56 ft. high. At Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, 

 it ib 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 tt. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. 



Jiiglans nigra in Italy. In Lomhardy, at Monza, 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 62 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the head 40 ft. 



Conimrrcial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1*. Qd. each, and 

 nuts Qd. per quart ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; and at New York, 37^ 

 cents. 



