100 FOREST TREES. 
four feet in diameter, with trunks undivided from 
thirty to fifty feet. The largest Black Walnut I ever 
met with is one growing near Roslyn, on Long 
Island, about twenty miles from the city of New 
York. It stands on the grounds of William C. Bry- 
ant, and sprang from the seed in the year 1713, in 
the garden of a Quaker named Mudge. At three feet 
from the ground it is twenty-five feet in circumfer- 
ence. At the height of twelve or fifteen feet, the 
trunk divides into several branches, each of which, 
by itself, would constitute a large tree—the whole 
forming an immense canopy, overshadowing an area 
one hundred and fifty feet in diameter. 
The valuable properties of the wood of the Black 
Walnut are well-known, and need not be enlarged 
upon here. The demand for the manufacture of gun 
stocks, for cabinet-work, and for the inside finish of 
houses, is very great, and the supply is fast becoming 
scarce. Taking into account the ease with which it 
is propagated, its rapid growth, the value of its 
timber, and the certainty that the demand can only 
cease with the supply, 1t would appear that hardly 
any other tree can be named more likely to repay the 
cost of planting and culture, wherever a suitable soil 
can be had, 
The fruit of the Black Walnut is often produced 
abundantly before the trees have attained a large 
size. The nuts, when gathered for planting, should 
be laid in heaps on dry ground, and covered with 
straw or sods, with sufficient earth over all to exclude 
water, and prevent frequent thawing and freezing. 
