PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 127 
PLANTING WHERE NOT INDIGENOUS. 
It has been claimed by certain persons that as the walnut was not indige- 
nous to New England, it follows that nature never intended it to grow there, 
and that it would not succeed in such localities. 
Of course this is but the vagaries of short-sighted individuals. Many 
instances are recorded of fine walnut trees which are growing in Massachusetts and 
other States, from seed planted by man, and which have proven the profitable 
character of this tree. 
PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 
Prof. John Gifford, in his “Practical Forestry :” 
“The simple fact that a certain species (tree) may be found growing only 
in a very limited range is no reason for believing that it will not grow else- 
where. Many species which have been moved from their native place have 
met with new enemies and have perished; others, however, in being moved 
have escaped their foes. . . . The day is passed when we should concern 
ourselves exclusively with the species of our own country in spite of their 
abundance and great variety. \WWe should search the world for those species 
ci the greatest value, which will grow to the best advantage in various parts 
of this country. . . . Natural distribution of species, as it stands to-day, 
is mainly a matter of accident. The locust, red oak and Douglas fir are as 
well, if not better, known in Europe than in their native land.” 
We commend these thoughts to our friends in New England who reject the 
black walnut because it was not indigenous—and who are losing much by refusing 
to plant it by the millions. The application may also extend to the Catalpa speci- 
osa, which a century ago was only known in the valley of the Wabash River, cov- 
ering not more than 150 square miles, while to-day it is found in every portion 
of the globe. 
AN IMMENSE FOREST TREE. 
In the North Carolina exhibit of forestry at the World's Fair was a walnut 
log, 52 inches in diameter, 12 feet 4 inches long, attached to which was a card 
wh.-ch read: 
“The big walnut tree of the Moore Cove was for many years a famous 
tree, standing in the Moore Cove, Jackson County, North Carolina, until it 
was bought for the Williamson Veneer Company and shipped to Baltimore to 
be cut into veneers. The log on exhibition is the second one from the tree, 
which made altogether eight thousand feet log measure.” 
Fifty years ago there were many such trees in Indiana, fully as large as 
the one on exhibition. 
Many of these trees were made into rails with which to fence the fields 
of Indiana pioneers, and until a few years ago there were a hundred miles of 
worm fences, built of walnut rails, in Indiana. 
The wood was not valued at that time, except as a convenient, easy split- 
ting timber that could most easily be made into fencing. 
