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This tree has another advantage for wayskle and hedge row planting, 

 it never suckers. The bark is also often used by farmers' wives for 

 imparting a rich brown to their home-spun yarn, before it is manufac- 

 tured into stockings, or woven into fabrics. 



Black Walnut. — Juglans Nigra. — This tree closely resembles 

 the former in shape, and the general appearance of its leaves, so much 

 so that people accustomed to see them side by side are scarcely able 

 to distinguish them, but by running some leaves through the hand 

 the l)lack walnut gives off a strong scent, whilst the butternut is odor- 

 less, the nut of the former is more spherical than the latter, and does 

 not contain so much kernel as the former. This fact however does 

 not detract from it as a suitable nut for a pickle. It is scarcely neces- 

 sary to state that the wood is much more valuable and that its crotches 

 and roots are greatly sought after for cabinet work, gun stock, etc., and 

 all purposes for which it is required ; it brings a high price in the 

 market. 



This tree is only indigenous to a small area, extending from a point 

 near Port Franks, on Lake Huron, running north of London nearly in 

 a line with the Grand Trunk Eailway to Toronto, and extending along 

 the lake shore as far east as Cobourg. I am satisfied, however, these 

 limits could be considerably extended, but even the area mentioned 

 would give a good many thousands of acres of waste lands and side 

 Toads for planting, should no one feel disposed to trespass on the best 

 part of his farm for the cultivation of this most valuable of all Cana- 

 dian trees. 



Sweet Chesnut. — This tall and handsome tree, the leaf of which 

 much resembles the beech, but is more glossy and attractive, has a 

 still more southerly range. The northern line of growth crosses the 

 Detroit River a little above Windsor, cutting across the Peninsula to 

 Long Point. Taking a northerly direction from this point on Lake 

 Erie, before Port Stanley is reached, the line strikes near St. Thomas, 

 running north of Hamilton and Toronto, curves about forty miles nurtli 

 of Lake Ontario and runs into that lake a little further east than 

 Port Hope. 



The nut produced by this tree, though frequently sold in stores, 

 has not a very high commercial value, as it is smaller than those 

 cultivated in Europe. It however serves to indicate in the same way 

 our wild grapes do, that the better varieties might be easily grown. 



