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KUXJUGLANS; The Walnut. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It bath Male Floivers (or Kuth'ms) 

 -which are prociuc'd at remote Dijlan- 

 €es from the Fruit on the Jatne Tree : 

 The outer Cover of the Fruit is 've- 

 ry thick and green, under which is a 

 rough hard Shelly in which the Fruit 

 is inclos'd, furromided with a thin 

 Skin -y the Kernel is deeply divided in- 

 to four Lobes s and the Leaves of 

 the Tree are pinnated, or winged. 

 The Species arcj 



1 . Nux JuGLANs j five Regia vul- 

 garis. C. B. P. The Common 

 Walnut. 



a. Nux JvGL A'iis j f'uciu maxi- 

 rno, C. B. P. The large French 

 Walnut. 



3. Nux JuGLANs; fruciu tenero, 

 ^ fragiii puta-mine. C. B.P. The 

 thin-fl-ieird Walnut. 



4. Nux JuGLANs; ififera. C. B. 

 P. The Double W^alnur. 



5-. Nux ]\jGhAiis ; frucfuferotino. 

 C. B. P. The late Ripe Walnut. 



6. Nux juGLAKs ; fruciu perduro. 

 Toura- The Hard-fhcll'd Walnut. 



7. Nux JuGLANs; Virginiana ni- 

 gra. H. L. The Virginian Black 

 Walnut. 



B. Nux JuGLANSi Vlrgi?nana, ni- 

 gra, fructu ohlongo, profimdijfifm in- 

 (cu'pto. Rand. Virginian Black Wal- 

 'nat , V7\th a long turrow'd Fruit. 



9, Nux JuGLANs ; V.rginiana, fo- 

 liis vulgar i (Jm'tlis, fructu fubrotundo, 

 mortice durlore hvi. Tluk. Aim. The 

 Hickcry, or White Virginian Wal- 

 nut. 



10. Nux Jug LANS J Virginiana, 

 .alba, minor, fruBii nuces mofchat& 

 (imiVu, cortice glabro, fum/iio fajii- 

 gio, veluti in aculeuvi produHo. Pluk. 

 phyt. The fmali Hickery, or Wliite 

 Virginian Walnut. 



The fix Sorts firft mcntion'd are 

 propagated promifcuouily in Fng- 

 urjy and I believe are all luminal 



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Variations, and not diflindl Species, 

 as in moft other Sorts of Fruit- 

 trees j for it rarely happens, that 

 the Trees rais'd from Seeds pro- 

 duce the lame Sort of Fruit again: 

 So that thoie who would be fure 

 of their Fruit, fhould either make 

 Choice of fuch Trees in the Nur- 

 fery which have produc'd Fruit, 

 and do prove to be the Sort they 

 would have, or elfe inarch the 

 Sorts intended upon any common 

 Walnut-Stock; in which Method 

 they will fucceei, hut thefe feldom 

 make £0 good Trees, as thofe v/hich 

 are rais'd from Seeds. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 chiefly preferr'd for their Fruit, 

 which are very larger and the 

 Shells of the third Sort are fb ten- 

 der, as to be broken between the 

 Fingers without any Difficulty, for 

 which Rcafbn it is efteem'd the 

 beil: worth propagating, for the 

 Fruit, of any ot the Sorts. 



The Virginian Sorts are preierv'd 

 as Rarities by fuch Perfbns who 

 are curious in colltcling the feve- 

 ral Sorts of Trees i but thefe are 

 all worth cultivating for their Tim- 

 ber, which is preferable to that of 

 our common Walnuts, and thefe 

 Trees arc equally as hardy, and 

 fome of them of much quicker 

 Growth than the common Sort, 

 elpecially the fevcnth and eighth 

 Sorts 5 the latter of v/hich produ- 

 ces great Quantities of Fruit an- 

 nually in the Phyiick Garden, but 

 they are o^ no Ufe, except to pro- 

 pagate the Species; for their Shells 

 are fo hard as fcarcely to be bro- 

 ken with a Mallet, and the Kernel 

 is fo fmail that it is not worth the 

 Trouble of coming at it. 



All the Sorts of Walnuts which 

 are propagated for Timber, fliouid 

 be fown in the Places where they 

 are to remain> for the P.oots of 



thefe 



