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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Jnglans continued. 



of hardy or half-hardy deciduous trees, widely dispersed 

 over the temperate and sub-tropical regions of the Northern 

 hemisphere. Flowers inconspicuous, deciduous ; males in 

 single catkins, and having a calyx of three to six irregular 

 lobes; female flowers solitary, or a few in a group, ter- 

 minal upon a shoot. Fruit having a fleshy, fibrous epi- 

 carp, bursting irregularly ; endocarp two-valved. furrowed. 



Juglans continued. 



in pendulous clusters, woolly. I., leaflets sessile, truncate at the 

 base, thin, soft, shortly toothed, green above, paler beneath 

 Origin uncertain. See Fig. 346. 



J. cinerea (ashy-grey).* Butter Nut. fl. greenish. Spring, fr. ob- 

 long-ovate, with a tapered tip, downy, covered with viscid matter 

 in small transparent glands, pendulous on a flexible peduncle. 

 I., leaflets fifteen to seventeen, lanceolate, rounded at the base, 

 serrate, tomentose beneath ; lateral ones sessile, h. 30ft. to 60ft. 

 United States, 1656. See Fte. 347. (B. M. PI. 247.) 



FIG. 348. FRUITINO BRANCH OF JUGLANS REGIA. 



FIG. 350. FRUIT OP JUGLANS REGIA LONGIROSTRIS. 



Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate. The species 

 thrive in almost any kind of fertile soil, provided the 

 sub- soil be dry and the site moderately sheltered. For 

 general culture, &c., see Walnut. 

 J. allantlfolia (Ailantus-leaved). . 

 slender catkins. Spring. Jr. violet 



fl. greenish, males in long, 

 ;-red when young, numerous, 



J. nlgra (black).* fl. greenish. Spring, fr. globose, roughish, 

 with minute prominent points, situated upon a short inflexible 

 peduncle. I., leaflets thirteen to seventeen, cordate-acuminate, 

 unequal at the base, serrated, somewhat downy. A. 60ft. United 

 States, 1656. (W. D. B. ii. 158.) 



J. regia (royal).* Common Walnut-tree, fl. greenish. Spring 

 Jr. with a green busk, oval, situated upon a short inflexible 



FIG. 349. LEAF AND NUT OF JUGLANS REGIA ELONGATA. 



