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the same shape and qualities of the Parisienne walnut 

 (Gillet). 



Vaeiegated walnut. — A handsome variety, with 

 young branches covered with dark-green bark spotted 

 with gray, and often striped longitudinally with yellow. 

 The leaves resemble those of the common walnut ; the 

 fruit is of a light yellowish-green streaked with darker 

 green, and reminds one closely of certain varieties of 

 pears which, in common with this variety, frequently 

 have their young branches striped in a similar manner. 

 Propagated by grafting or layers. (The Garden.') 



Weeping walnut. — A tree with pendulous twigs 

 and branches. Quite ornamental, ' but not especially 

 valuable for its fruit. Hardy in England. 



In addition to those described, there are a large 

 number of varieties, which may be worth importing 

 and testing in this country, by those who may feel 

 inclined to make experiments with these nuts. Prob- 

 ably some of those highly extolled by earlier writers are 

 now lost, but this cannot be determined until a care- 

 ful search through the old European gardens has 

 been made. 



Among the early-fruiting or precocious varieties we 

 find an account of one raised by Anthony Carlisle, of 

 England, as recorded in a paper read at a meeting of the 

 Horticultural Society of London, March 3, 1812. Mr. 

 Carlisle planted six nuts in March, 1803, these hav- 

 ing been received from Mr. Thomas Wedgewood of 

 Blandford. Six years later, or in 1808, one of the seed- 

 lings bore and matured ten walnuts, and the next season 

 (1809) upwards of fifty, and in 1810 one hundred and 

 twelve, the tree at that age being nineteen feet seven 

 and one-half inches high. Another variety, under the 

 name of Highflyer walnut, is described in the Transac- 

 tions of the same society, Vol. IV, 1823, p. 517. The 

 nuts sent to the society were grown in the town of Thet- 



