THE WALNUT. 39 



where large plantations of it have been 

 made. 1 he tree arrives at a refpeclable 

 iize, and makes a good figure either fet 

 in rows or growing fingly, though it has 

 the defect of getting its leaves very late,' 

 and (bedding them early. 



As a timber-tree the walnut was for- 

 merly in greater requeft than at prefenr, 

 when its place is moftly fupplied by fo- 

 reign woods. I has been much ufed by 

 cabinet-makers for bedfteads, chairs, ta- 

 bles, and bureaus, for which purpofes if is 

 one of the moil durable woods of Fnglifh 

 growth ; allo for wainfcots, and flocks for 

 guns. 1 he wood near the root is often 

 beautifully veined, and fit for inlaying and 

 ornamental works. The black Virginia 

 walnut, however, excels our own for thefe 

 ufe?. It is for the fake of the fruit that 

 the walnut is chiefly cultivated among us. 

 This is one of the mott grateful of the nut 

 kind, and forms a welcome addition to def- 

 ferts at all tables as long as it continues frefh 

 and moift. It contains much oil, which, 

 like that of the common nut, may be fepa- 

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