42 WALNUT. 



I HOBNBEAM. 



This tree, which I was told by the late Dr. 

 Lipscombe, Bishop of Jamaica, strongly re- 

 sembles the mahogany tree in its branches 

 and its foliage, is ornamental as a single 

 tree, but of very slow growth. As a plant it 

 is frequently as crooked and distorted as pos- 

 sible, very like a corkscrew ; but it gradually, 

 but very slowly, straightens, and when full- 

 grown is as straight as any beech-tree. This 

 I know, having planted two of them, one of 

 which remains, is a growing proof of my as- 

 sertion. It retains its leaves longer than any 

 other timber, and hence has a chilling ap- 

 pearance in a late spring. 



WALNUT. 



This is a tree of very slow growth in our 

 climate, and not often seen in this division. 

 A few were planted by my predecessors, three 

 of which still remain, but their growth has 



