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perly polished, it looks very well In chairs, tables, bureaus, Sec. 

 It is, at present, a good deal used for gun-stocks. Walnuts 

 thrive best in a deep rich soil, but will do very well in a chalky 

 soil, as may be seen on the hills in Surry, in the neighbourhood 

 of Leatherhead, Godstone, and Carshalton ; and, at Bedding- 

 ton-Park, the seat of the antient family of the Carews, there 

 are many fine old walnut-trees. These trees are well worth 

 cultivating ; as the yearly value of the fruit that they bear is 

 very considerable^. There is a great deal of money made, in 

 plentiful years, by thinning of the nuts for pickling, both for 

 home consumption, and also for exportation. The leaves of 

 walnuts steeped in boiling water, and that infusion mixed with 

 lime-water, soap-suds, and urine, is found very efficacious 

 for destroying slugs and worms in the ground, and insects on 

 trees. 



Walnuts for keeping should be suffered to drop of them- 

 selves, and afterwards laid in an open airy place till they are 

 thoroughly dried ; then pack them in jars, boxes, or casks, 

 with fine clean sand, that has been well dried in the sun, in an 

 oven, or before the fire, in layers of sand and walnuts alternate- 

 ly ; set them in a dry place, but not where it is too hot. In this 

 manner I have kept them good till the latter end of April. 

 Before you send them to table, wipe the sand clean off ; and, if 

 you find that they have become shrivelled, steep them in milk 

 ■and water for six or eight hours before they are used ; this 

 will make them plump and fine, and cause them to peel 

 easily. 



* At Beddington, about 50 walnut-trees (and not above half of that num- 

 her fall bearers) have been let at 501.401. and 501. according to the crop ; 

 and it is supposed, that in a good season the renter clears 501. by the bargain. 



Beddington was noated in Queen Elizabeth's time for the finest orangery 

 in England. 



