WALNUT TREE. 



JUGLANS. 



MONCECIA POI.YANDRIA. 



Juglans, from Jovis glans, Jove's acorn. French, noyer ; Italian, 



nocc. 



THE Common Walnut tree, Juglans regia^ is not an 

 aboriginal of Europe, nor is its native country accurately 

 known. It has been thought to have come originally 

 from Persia; first to Greece, thence to Italy. It has 

 been found wild in some parts of China. The English 

 name is a corruption of Gaul-nut. 



It is a large and lofty tree, with strong spreading 

 branches. The leaves are pinnate, large, smooth, and 

 shining. The blossoms begin to open about the middle 

 of April, and are in full bloom by the middle of May, 

 by which time the leaves are entirely spread. The fruit 

 needs no description. There are several varieties, as the 

 large, the thin-shelled, &c. 



This fruit, unripe, is well known as a pickle ; and it is 

 not likely that the reader should be unacquainted with its 

 ripe kernel. 



An oil is obtained from these nuts, which is very useful 

 to artists in white or other delicate colours, and which 

 answers the same medicinal purposes as oil of almonds. 

 In many places, it is used instead of butter, both to eat, 

 and for frying, and is also burned in lamps. The green 

 husks boiled furnish a good dark yellow dye. 



