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Tmall Hickery, or white Virginia 

 Walnut. 



IO. Juglans alba procerior^ f ru- 

 tin minima, put amine temriori, pinnis 

 foliorum minor i bus. Clay. Flor. Virg. 

 The leait white Virginian Walnut, 

 commonly called Pignuts. 



This Genus of Plants has been 

 univerfally titled Nux juglans, till 

 Dr. Ltnnaus alter'd it to this of Ju- 

 glans, the other being a compound 

 Name. 



The four Sorts nrft-mention'd are 

 propagated promifcuoufly in Eng- 

 land, and I believe are all feniinal 

 Variations, and not dillindt Species, 

 as in moll other Sorts of Fruit-trees ; 

 for it rarely happens, that the Trees 

 rfcifed from Seeds produce the fame 

 Sort of Fruit again : fo that tho(e 

 Who would be lure of their Fruit, 

 ft'ould either make choice of fuch 

 Trees in the Nurfery which have 

 produced Fruit, and prove to be the 

 Sort they would have, or elfe inarch 

 the Sorts intended upon any com- 

 ir.on Walnut-ftock 5 in which Me- 

 thod they will fucceed ; but rhefe 

 feldom make fo good Trees as thofe 

 which are raifed from Steds. 



The firlt and fecond Sorts are 

 chiffly prefe/rM lor their Fruit, 

 which are very large ; and the Shells 

 of the fecond Sort are fo tender, as 

 to be broken between the Fingers 

 without any Difficulty ; for winch 

 Reafon it is efteem'd the belt worth 

 propagating-, for the Fruit, of any 

 •f the Sorts. 



The Virginian Sorts are preferved 

 as Rarities, by fuch Perfons who 

 are curious in collecting the fevcral 

 Sorts of Trees ; but thefc are all 

 worth cultivating for their Timber, 

 which is preferable to that of our 

 Common Walnuts ; and thefe Trees 

 are equally as hardy, and fome of 

 them of much quicker Growth nan 

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and fixth Sorts ; the fir ft of which 

 produces great Quantities of Fruit 

 annually in the Phyfic-garden ; but 

 they are of no Ufe, except to pro- 

 pagate the Species ; for their Shells 

 are fo hard as fcarcely to be broken 

 with a Mallet ; and the Kernel is fo 

 fmall, that it is not worth the 

 Trouble of coming at it. 



All the Sorts of Walnuts which 

 are propagated for Timber, ihould 

 be fovvn in the Places where they are 

 to remain ; for the Roots of thefe 

 Trees always incline downward j 

 which, being ftopp'd or broken, pre- 

 vent their aipirir.g upward ; lb that 

 they afterwards divaricate into 

 Branches, and become Idw-fpreading 

 Trees : but fuch a-> are propagated 

 for Fruit, are greatly mended by 

 tranfplanting; for hereby they are 

 rendered more fruitful, and their 

 Fruit are generally larger and fairerj 

 it being a common Obiervation^ 

 that downright Roots greatly en- 

 courage the luxuriant Growth of 

 Timber in all Sorts of Trees ; but 

 fuch Trees as have their Roots 

 fpreading near the Surface of the 

 Ground, are always the moft fruit- 

 ful. 



The Nuts mould be preferved in 

 their outer Covers in dry Sand until 

 February ; when they mould be 

 planted in Lines, at the Diitance 

 you intend them to remain ; but in 

 the Rows they may be placed pretty* 

 clofe, fof fear the Nuts fiiould mil- 

 carry ; and the young Trees, where 

 they are too thick, may be remo- 

 ved, after they have grown two 

 Years, leaving the Remainder at 

 the Diftance where they are to 

 ltand. 



In tranfplanting thefe Trees, you 

 mould always obierve never to prune 

 either their Roots or Branches, both 

 which are very injurious to' them ; 

 nor mould you be too bufy in lop- 

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