CHAPTER XVIII. 

 EUROPEAN TIMBERS — {Continued). 



WALNUT {Juglans regid). 



The Walnut (Juglans regid) is found widely spread 

 over Southern Europe, and in many parts of Asia. It 

 is not a native of this country, though it has been 

 planted for more than 300 years. 



That which is brought from Italy is a light-brown 

 wood, close and fine in the grain, with occasionally dark 

 veins, and some waviness of figure; it is hard, heavy, 

 solid, and with scarcely any disposition to split in 

 seasoning. Planks 4 to 9 inches thick, square edged, 

 10 to 16 inches broad, and 5 to 12 feet in length, are 

 imported and sold, sometimes by weight, at other times 

 by the superficial foot of i inch thick. 



The Black Sea Walnut wood is imported in logs of 

 6 to 9 feet in length by 10 to 18 inches square, im- 

 perfectly hewn, a considerable quantity of wane being 

 usually left upon the angles. The wood is similar in 

 colour and texture, but slightly inferior in quality, to the 

 Italian Walnut woodj it is dealt with in the market 

 under the same conditions. 



Burrs or excrescences, frequently measuring 2 to 3 

 feet across by 12 to 15 inches in the thicker part, and 



