72 TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. 
Bryant, in his work on trees, speaks of one that he 
met near “ Roslyn, on Long Island, about twenty miles 
from the city of New York. It stands on the grounds 
of William C. Bryant, 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 
circumference. At the height of twelve or fifteen feet 
the trunk divides itself 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 wood of the black walnut is extensively used in 
the manufacture of furniture, all species of cabinet-ware, 
gun-stocks, etc. Its excessive use is rendering the supply 
rather scanty. Fruit-trees, from some unknown cause, 
will not thrive near it; but silver maples, birches, and 
other varieties of trees may be planted between the 
walnut-trees with rather a beneficial effect, as they pre- 
vent the low branches from spreading, as they otherwise 
would, a distance of about ten or twelve feet. These 
small branches should be pruned out from time to time, 
The black walnut is apt to throw out very heavy. branch- 
es while young; these should be pruned off close to the 
tree, otherwise it will have a tendency to form a low, 
heavy, spreading top. 
THE BUTTERNUT. 
This tree is common throughout the northern portion 
of the United States, from the Atlantic to the Rockies: 
it thrives best in a cold climate. Its wood is soft, fine- 
grained, and of a light-brown color; is easily worked, 
and its uses are sufficiently varied to warrant its cultiva- 
tion an object of pecuniary interest. It is also valuable 
for its fruit. From a single planting the kernel becomes 
larger, fuller, and easier of extraction, while the shell 
becomes very much thinner. New England has the 
largest butternut-trees to be found in this country. 
