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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III, 



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check which is always 

 given to taprooted 

 trees bj transplant- 

 ing. Nuts arc Inst 

 imported from Ame- 

 rica packed in moist 

 loam, or in moist 

 moss ; and, if thej 

 should germinate be- 

 fore their arrival, 

 they will suffer little 

 injury if planted im- 

 mediately. 



Insects. The prin- 

 cipal insect that at- 

 tacks the black wal- 

 nut in America is the 

 Phalae x na neogama, 

 or great yellow un- 

 derwing moth. (fig. 

 1261.) The larva is 

 of a dark brown, so 

 nearly of the colour 

 of the bark, against 

 which it stretches it- 

 selfwhen it has done 

 feeding, as hardly to 

 be distinguished from 

 it. The perfect in- 

 sect is very beautiful ; 

 it> wings being of a 

 bright yellow, and 

 bright brown. (Abb. 

 and Smith, t. 88.) 



Statistics. Jbglans nigra in the Environs of London. At Fulham Palace, 150 years old, it is 50 ft. 

 high ; diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 50 ft. (See p. 43.) At Syon, 79 ft. high ; diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 1 1 in., and of the head 59ft. The trunk of a walnut tree, grown on the south side of 

 Lake Kric, in North America, was exhibited in London in 1827. It was 12ft in diameter, hollowed 

 out, and furnished as a sitting room. The tree was said to have been 150 ft. high, with branches from 

 2 It. to 4 ft. in diameter. The bark was 1 ft. thick. 



Miglans nigra South of London. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is 52 ft. high ; di- 

 ameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 150 ft. In Wiltshire, at Bo wood, 35 years planted, it is 

 48 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head 36 ft. 



Miglans nigra North <f London. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 40 years planted, it is #2 ft. 

 high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, it is 33 ft. 

 high ; diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 29 ft. 



MM nigra in Scotland , In Cromarty, at Tulloch Castle, it is 60ft. high; diameter of the 

 trunk 3 ft., and of the bead 42ft. Ill Kile. hire, at Donibristle Park, 14 years planted, it is 35 ft. high ; 

 diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 24 ft. 



luglam mgra in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenurc, 15 years old, it is 18 ft. high. In Limerick, 

 at Adar<', il a tree with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter. 



>ns nigra in France. At Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 60 ft. high, 

 U i 'A the trunk 1 It. 5 in ; at Colombe, near Metz, 60 years old, it is 20ft. high, diameter of 

 Ilk 1 ft. o in., and of the head 50 ft ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 29 years old, it is 

 89ft high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 19 ft. 



ra hi <• i "i"i AtGdttingen, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 70ft. 



high, with a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. Iii Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it is 12 ft. high, with 



• I ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 24 years planted, it is 20 ft 



In \u erla, near Vienna, at KopenzeL 25 years planted, it is 16ft. nigh: in Rosenthal's 



it high; at Hadcrsdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 40 years 



planted, it U fO ft high, the diameter of the trunk I4in., and of the head 16ft.; at Briick on the 



Leytha mtod, it is 56ft. high. At Berlin, In the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, 



, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. 



,i ,n iinii/ in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 yean planted, it it 40ft high, the diameter 



of the trunk j It , and of the head loll ; at Defio, near Milan, it is 62 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 . , and of the head V) ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are l.v. 6d. each, and 

 tmt»9d. \>cr quart.; at Bollwyller, I banc .50 cents ; and at New York, :$7\ 



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