THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. lOil 



on their carefully garnered store of well ripened nuts throngh our Icng 

 and tedious winters. Some grow on exceedingly liigli and massivT© 

 trees, and others on low and grovelling bushes, but on whatsoever they 

 may be found growing tliey all instinctively and naturally seek the 

 covert the soil affords them for protection and future usefulness. 



The gathering of nuts for purposes of seed should be done as early 

 as possible after their maturity, as the least possible amount of drying- 

 by the influences of the atmosphere is only injurious to them as germs 

 of future plants. The nut gatherer must be a close and discerning 

 observer of nature, as in the treatment and preservation of nuts som© 

 require treatment quite different from that of others. Some must be 

 kept studiously dry and away from all outside moisture during Vinter, 

 while others must as studiously have a liberal supply. Again, some 

 must be kept cold, and exposed to frequent freezing and thawing to 

 subdue their obstinate coverings, while others must as carefully be 

 kept out of the reach of frost. And still again some may be advan- 

 tageously planted in their seed beds in the fall of the year, while 

 others will not endure this treatment with impunity. 



But to particularize, it will perhaps be best for our purpose to 

 make some special statements as briefly as possible relative to the 

 management of each kind of nut for seed purposes. 



English Walnuts, alias Maderia Nuts, {Juylana Regia.) Nuts 

 ripe early in October. Dash from the trees, gather and place in thia 

 layers on the ground, and slightly cover with damp earth to keep 

 moist and secure from the atmospliere during the winter. In early 

 spring take out and plant in a seed bed six inches by two feet, kepfc 

 clean and protected from the severity of the sun. These nuts will 

 not do as well in this country as our native variety, but in favorable 

 spots the young trees will do tolerably well, although but very few 

 are now found growing amongst us. 



Black Walnuts, {Juglana nigra,) and Butternuts, (Juglans cin- 

 era,) are native forest trees of fine proportions. Nuts ripe the latter 

 part of October or first part of November. After they are matured 

 and loosened by the frost or shaken down by the wind, they must be 

 gathered as soon as possible and protected from the atmosphere, and 

 planted early the following spring. Fall planting may also be adopted, 

 but spring is greatly preferable, as thereby solidifying of the ground 

 and encrustation is mostly prevented. 



