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extremities of the preceding year's shoots. The trees 

 should stand forty or fifty feet apart, and they may be 

 permitted to branch out in their natural order. They need 

 but little pruning, merely to regulate any casual disorderly 

 growth, to reduce over-extending branches, and to prune up 

 the low stragglers. 



Lest any of our native Walnuts should be neglected or 

 abandoned 1 by any, I annex a description of the different 

 kinds : 



Juglans catharticus, is known under the name of Butter- 

 nut, Oilnut, and white Walnut; these nuts are used by the 

 Indians as a medicine. 



Juglans nigra, the black Walnut, is a tree of large size ; 

 its fruit is known to be excellent. 



Juglans olivceformis. Pecan, or Illinois nut, is delicious. 

 The nuts of Juglans sulcata, which is called thick shell 

 bark, Hickory, and Springfield, and Gloucester nut, are 

 large and well-tasted. The shell bark Hickory, shag 

 hark, or scaly hark Hickory, Juglans alba, is so called on 

 account of its bark, which is torn lengthwise in long loose 

 strips, as in J. sulcata. The Juglans tormentosa, the Mucker 

 nut, white heart Hickory, or common Hickory, and most of 

 the other kinds enumerated, are worth preserving; or culti- 

 rating where there is none, for its timber for mechanical 

 purposes ; and that of the Juglans glabra, or Hog nut, if 

 ttseful.for brooms, &c. 



