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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PAUT III. 



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check which is always 

 given to taprooted 

 trees by transplant- 

 ing. Nuts are best 

 imported from Ame- 

 rica packed in moist 

 loam, or in moist 

 moss ; and, if they 

 should germinate be- 

 fore their arrival, 

 they will suffer little 

 injury if planted im- 

 mediately. 



Insects. The prin- 

 cipal insect that at- 

 tacks the black wal- 

 nut in America is the 

 Phalae v na neogama, 

 or great yellow un- 

 derwing moth. (fig. 

 1261.) The larva is 

 of a dark brown, so 

 nearly of the colour 

 of the bark, against 

 which it stretches it- 

 self when it has done 

 feeding, as hardly to 

 be distinguished from 

 it. The perfect in- 

 sect is very beautiful ; 

 its wings being of a 

 bright yellow, and 

 bright brown. (Abb. 

 and Smith, t. 88.) 



Statistics. Ji<g/ans nlgra in the Environs of London. At Fulham Palace, 150 years old, it is 50 ft. 

 high; diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 50 ft. (See p. 43.) At Syon, 79ft."high ; diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 11 in., and of the head 59 ft. The trunk of a walnut tree, grown on the south side of 

 Lake Erie, in North America, was exhibited in London in 1827. It was 12 ft. in diameter, hollowed 

 out, and furnished as a sitting room. The tree was said to have been 150ft. high, with branches from 

 2 ft. to 4 ft. in diameter. The bark was 1 ft. thick. 



Jtoglans nlgra South of London. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is 52ft. high ; di- 

 ameter of the trunk 2ft, and of the head 150ft. In Wiltshire, at Bowood,35 years planted, it is 

 48 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head 36 ft. 



Jilglans nlgra North of London. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 40 years planted, it is 32 ft. 

 high; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 24ft. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, it is 33ft. 

 high ; diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 29ft. 



Jilglans nlgra in Scotland. In Cromarty, at Tulloch Castle, it is 60ft. high; diameter of the 

 trunk 3 ft., and of the head 42ft. In Fifeshire, at Donibristle Park, 14 years planted, it is 35 ft. high ; 

 diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 24 ft. 



Juglans nlgra in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 15 years old, it is 18 ft. high. In Limerick, 

 at Adare, is a tree with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter. 



Juglans nlgra in France. At Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 60ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 1ft Sin; at Colombe, near Metz, 60 years old, it is 20ft. high, diameter of 

 the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 29 years old, it is 

 29ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 19 ft. 



Jitglans nlgra in Germany. AtGottingen, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 70ft. 

 high, with a trunk 1ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it is 12ft. high, with 

 a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 24 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high. In Austria, near Vienna, at Kopenzel, 25 years planted, it is 16 ft. high ; in Rosenthal' 

 Nursery, 20 years planted, it is 30 ft. high ; at Hadersdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 40 years 

 planted, it is 20ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the head 16ft.; at Briick on the 

 Leytha, 45 years planted, it is 56 ft. high. At Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, 

 it is 60ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. 



Juglans nlgra in Italy. In Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 40ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 16ft. ; at Desio, near Milan, it is 62ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the head 40 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6(1. each, and 

 nuts 9d. per quart ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; and at New York, 37i 

 cents. 



