CHAP. CI I. JUGLANDA CE/E. ./r'ci.ANS. I fcS5 



timber trees; l>ut chiefly, because we tliink the tree well adapted for cultiva- 

 tion in Australia. 



Statistics. Jiiglans rigid in the Environs of London. At Ham House, Essex, it is 7'2 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 3 in., and of the head 68ft, ; at Cbiswick, it is 65ft high ; and in various 

 gardens about Isle worth and Twickenham, from 60 it. to 80 ft. 



Jilglans rigid South of London. In Devonshire, at Killer ton, it is 55 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



2 ft.,' and of the head 96ft; at CoilnNtone.it is 64ft high, diameter of the trunk •;.'. ft, and of the 

 bead 97 ft In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 200 years old, it is 66ft high, diameter of the trunk 



3 ft, and of the head 58.ft In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is 40ft. high, diameter of the 

 top S ft, and of the head 59 ft In Kent, at Cobhara Hall, is a walnut tree with a fine spreading head 

 and immensely large limbs, the diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 90ft. In Somersetshire, 

 at Nettlecombe, 40 years planted, it is 38 ft high ; at Brockley Hall, two trees, 70ft high, diameter 

 of the trunk of one 5ft and of the other 4 ft. 7 in. In Sussex, at Cowdray, diameter of the trunk 

 5 ft, and of the head 40 ft In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 100 years old, it is (50 ft high, diameter 

 of the trunk 4 ft 8 in., and of the head 49 ft j at Longford Castle, it is 60ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk :>± ft, and of the head 75 ft. 



Jiiglans rigid North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey, it is 40ft high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 80ft ; at Ampthill, in Gibbs's Nursery, on dec]) sandy soil, 

 it is 70ft. high, diameter of the head 60ft In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years old, 

 ir is 30 ft. high. ;in Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, it is 45ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of 

 the head 35 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 50 years planted, it is 55 ft. high. In Gloucester- 

 shire, at Doddington, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2ft. 4in., and of the head 59ft. In 

 Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, (J years planted, it is 1K± ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Donuington, 100 

 years old, it is 65ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the stable-yard of the president of St. John's College, 

 Oxford, it is 50ft. high, diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, and also at 10 ft. or 12ft., in 

 height, 4 ft 4 in., and the diameter of the head 90 ft. InjPembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 55 years 

 planted, it is 40 ft high. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 60 ft high, diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft 8 in., and of the head 71 ft. In Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castle, 4 years planted, it is 

 20 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 100 years old, it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



4 ft. 10 in., and of the head 70 ft. In Worcestershire, at Hadzor House, 17 years planted, it is 32 ft. high. 

 In Yorkshire, at Hackness, 40 years old, it is 35ft high. 



Jiiglans regia in the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 42' ft. 



Jiiglans ri-gia South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Rozelle, it is 38 ft. high ; at Fullerton, it is. 67 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 4ft., and of the head 78 ft. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 10 years 

 planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Kirkcudbrightshire, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 48 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 2| ft, and of the head 36 ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 46 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the top 33 ft In Renfrewshire, at Bothwell Castle, it is 57ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and of the head 90 ft. 



Jiiglans regia North of Edinburgh. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 20 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 66 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 2 in., and of the 

 head 77 ft In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institution, 9 years planted, it is 

 16 ft. high. In Forfarshire, at Monboddo, 24 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In Fifeshire, at 

 Danibristle Park, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk of ft, and of the head 69 ft. ; at Largo 

 House, ;it is 40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in. , and of the head 42 ft. In Forfarshire, at 

 Courtachy Castle, 120 years old, diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 40ft. In Perthshire, 

 at Taymouth, 30 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Ross. shire, at Brahan Castle, 50 years old, it is' 

 45 ft. high. 



Jiiglans regia in the Environs of Dublin. In the Glasncvin Botanic Garden, 33 years old, it is 

 30 ft. high ; at Cypress Grove, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3ft, and of the head 96 ft. ; at 

 Terenure, 20 years old, it 25 ft. high. 



Jiiglans rigia South of Dub/in In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years old, it is 50 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 8 in., and of the head 50 ft. 



Jiiglans regia North of Dublin. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. 

 high, [diameter of the trunk 2| ft., and that of the top 36 ft. In Galway, at Cool, 35 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2' ft. 4 in., and of the head 50 ft. In Sligo, at Makree Castle, it is 65 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2" ft., and of the head 39 ft 



Jiiglans regia in France. Near Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, 60 years planted, it is 61 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2ft At Nantes, in the Nursery of M. De Nerrieres, 80 years old, it is 

 79 ft.'high, with a trunk 2 ft in diameter. 



Jiiglans regia in Germany. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 45 years 

 planted, it is .36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 15 ft. ; at Kopenzel, 30 years 

 planted, it is 25 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in., and of the head 16 ft ; at Hadersdorf, in 

 the garden of "Baron Loudon, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and 

 of the head 12ft. 



Jiiglans regia in Russia. It is remarkable that this tree is so much injured by the climate of Odessa, 

 as not to be considered by M. Descemet as acclimatised there ; though J. nigra grows freely, and 

 matures its fruit. 



Juglans regia in Ltah/. In Lombardy, at Monza, 80 years planted, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 60 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, seedlings, 

 Us. per hundred ; transplanted plants, from 2 ft. to 5 ft. high, 25s. per hundred ; 

 from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high, 1*. each ; from 10 ft. to 20 ft. high, 2s. Gd. each. 

 Nnts, 8s. per bushel. At Bollwyller, plants are 1 franc each; at New York, 

 40 dollars per hundred, or 50 cents each. 



1 2. ./. ni'gra L. The black-wooded Walnut Tree. 



Identification, Lin. Hort. Cliff, p. 419. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 456. ; Michx. Arb., 1. p. 157. t. 1 ; Michx 

 North Amer. Sylva, 1. p. 153. t. 30. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 636. ; Mill. Diet., No. 2. : Lodd 

 Cat. ed. 1836. 



Synonymes. The black Walnut, the black Hickory Nut, N. Amer.; Noyer noir, Fr. 



Engravings. Michx. Arb., 1. 1. 1.; Michx. North Amer. Sylva, t. 30.; Jacq. Ic. Bar. 1. t. 191.; Wangh. 



