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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



size; oval, compressed, husk, hairy, shell thick; kernel 

 sweet and good. Productive. 



Red Filbert, known by the crimson skin of the kernel, 

 medium sized, ovate, thick shelled, sweet agreeable kernel, 

 husk long. 



White Filbert. — Like the last, but with a light yellow 

 or white skin. Husk long and tubular, nuts ovate. 



Juglaus Regia. — Maderia nut is a fine lofty tree, with a 

 handsome spreading head, producing the well-known nuts 

 of the shopsv It«is produced from the seed or by grafting. 

 Likes a rich moist sail. 



Juglaus Fraeparturiens is similar to the above, but bears 

 when three years old, and is valuable on this account for 

 the gmrden. 



Juglaus Nigra, or Black Walnut, should also have a place 

 in the grounds as a fine shade-tree as well as for its nuts. 



Pistacia Vera (The Pistaco nut). — An ornamental tree, 

 producing agreeable flavored nuts, is much cultivated in 

 Southern Europe. The tree is dioecious, so that to pro- 

 duce, the male and female trees must be planted together. 

 The nuts are oval, the size of the olive, slightly furrowed, 

 with a mild flavored, oily nut. They begin to be produced 

 when the tree is five or six years old. The tree itself 

 grows to the height of fifteen or twenty feet. Nuts of this 

 tree have been distributed in various parts of the Union 

 by the Patent Office, and the tree will be likely to sue- * 

 ceed in the low country. 



Cerasus Vulgaris — Cherry. 

 The Cherry, it is said, was brought from Asia, by Lu- 

 cullus, the Boman General ; and from Eome, its culture 

 spread over Europe. In cooler latitudes, some of the va- 

 rieties are quite ornamental on account of their fine foli- 

 age and early white blossoms ; but it stops growing and 



