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continues she, " that a single tree has been known to 

 produce sixty thousand walnuts yearly ; and a respectable 

 proprietor of Sudac told me that a tree in his possession 

 bears annually forty thousand*.'" 



Mr. Sass tells us that the road from Milan to the 

 Simplon is bordered, for some distance, with walnut and 

 chestnut trees, and continues through vineyards and plan- 

 tations of mulberries, to Sesto-f*. " The Bergstras," 

 says Evelyn, " (which extends from Heidelberg to 

 Darmstadt) is all planted with Walnuts, so as that a 

 man may ride for many miles under a continued arbour, 

 or close walk, refreshed both by their fruit and their 

 shade." 



" How would such public plantations improve the 

 glory and wealth of a nation !" proceeds he : " But 

 where shall we find the spirit among our countrymen ? 

 Yes, I will adventure to instance in those plantations of 

 Sir Richard Stidolph, upon the Downs, near Leather- 

 head, in Surrey, Sir Robert Clayton, at Morden, near 

 Godstone (once belonging to Sir John Evelyn), and so 

 about Cassoulton ; where many thousands of these trees 

 do celebrate the industry of the owners, and will cer- 

 tainly reward it with infinite improvement, as I am as- 

 sured they do already, and that very considerably!.' 1 '' 



Although the Walnut is not very dainty in its soil or 

 situation, it is said to prefer the vale to the hill, because 

 better sheltered from keen winds : 



" The walnut loving vales " 



says Browne. 



* Mrs. Holderness's New Russia, p. 285. 

 t Sass's Journey to Rome and Naples, p. 309. 

 : Sylva, vol. i. p. 169. 



