104 BILBERRY. CRANBERRY. HAZEL-NUT. 



car'pon, nearly resembling the European, but with 

 larger fruit, from North America. In China, the 

 Vaccin'ium formo'sum is a sacred plant : the 

 flowers are gathered at the beginning of the 

 Chinese year, and placed in all the temples as an 

 offering. 



The Hazel-nut-tree, Cor'ylus avella'na, in the 

 order Digynia of this class, according to Wither- 

 ing *, grows very commonly in our woods, and its 

 timber is used for several different purposes. I 

 need not describe the nuts to you, for you saw 

 them yesterday at dinner. Squirrels live almost 

 entirely upon them, and the leaves of the tree are 

 eaten by horses. 



EDWARD. 

 What is the tree that produces Walnuts ? 



MOTHER. 



The Ju'glans re'gia, which was originally brought 

 from Persia, but now grows commonly in this 

 country. The genus Ju'glans is in the class Mo- 

 ncecia of Linnaeus. The tree grows to the height 

 of about fifty feet, and bears large green clusters 

 of fruit, enclosing furrowed nuts, which ripen in 

 September and October. The young fruit is 



* Class twenty-one, Moncecia, order Polyandria, of Lin- 

 naeus. 



