102 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
is little doubt that if the trees from which they were made 
had been allowed to remain until this time, one hundred 
of them would have been worth more than the same num- 
ber ot acres of the cultivated land on which they formerly 
stood. This is but one instance among the many thou- 
sands where, to use an old adage, the goose that laid the 
golden egg has been killed. 
The Black Walnut grows rapidly in good rich, soils. It 
should have plenty of room, as it has a wide-spreading and 
rather open head, with coarse, stout branches. It comes 
into bearing, like the Butternut, when quite young, pro- 
* ducing nuts in abundance. Plant the nuts in autumn, and 
transplant when one year old. 
The Juglans regia, or English Walnut—sometimes called 
Madeira nut, etc.—is a species of this genus. The tree very 
much resembles the Butternut, and one unacquainted with 
it would think it identical. The nuts, however, as they ap- 
pear on the tree, are more like those of the Black Walnut. 
It is not quite so hardy as our native species; still, young 
trees seem to thrive as far north as Central New York; 
but I am not aware that any trees so far north have borne 
fruit. About New York city there are large trees that 
have borne for several years. The nut is well known in 
our markets, as they are annually imported in large quan- 
tities. Large plantations should be made of this tree in 
the Middle States, where it will thrive, and the nuts will 
pay well for growing. It is certainly poor policy to be 
vonstantly importing an article which we can produce with 
profit ourselves. We possess all the facilities—a suitable 
climate, abundance of land, and men, women, and children 
