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branches, furnished with winged leaves, composed 

 of ten or twelve pair of lobes, and an odd one ; these 

 are smooth, oblong, sharp pointed, and sawed on 

 their edges ; and upon being bruised emit a strong 

 aromatic flavour, as doth also the external covering 

 of the fruit. The fruit is round, their covering 

 pretty smooth, and a little soft when fully ripe. The 

 nuts themselves are hard, netted and furrowed, con- 

 taining a sweet oily kernel. 



2. J. nigra oblonga^ black oblong fruited walnut. 

 This tree resembles the former so as scarcely to be 

 distinguished from it, except by its fruit, which is 

 oblong or oval ; the shells or coverings are rougher, 

 harder, and of a deeper green colour. The timber 

 of both sorts is much used by joiners, Sec. in making- 

 tables, drawers, book and clock cases, &c. Coffins 

 are also generally made of it. The bark and outer 

 coverings of the nuts are used in dying wool, cloth, 

 &c. 



There are, perhaps, some other varieties of 

 these. 



It abounds on our western w^aters, especially on 

 the Ohio, where it is employed in constructing the 

 frames of the sea vessels built, being light and ex- 

 tremely durable, and nearly of the same strength as 

 of the white oak. 



3. J. oblonga alha^ batter nut or white w^alnut, 

 ( cathartica of Cutler). This often grows to the 

 height of twenty or thirty feet, and to eighteen in« 

 ches or more in diameter, with a smooth light co- 

 loured bark. The branches are garnished with 

 leaves, composed generally of eight or nine pair of 

 lobes and an odd one, which are villose, oblong, egg- 



