iping or pruning the Brandies of thefe 

 Trees ; for it often caufes them to 

 decay : but when there is a Necef- 

 fity of cutiing any of their Branches 

 oft, it mould be done early in Sep- 

 tember, that the Wound may heal 

 over before the Cold increafes ; and 

 the Branches mould always be cut 

 off quite dole to the Trunk, other- 

 wile the Slump which is left will de- 

 cay, and rot the Bady of the Tree. 



The belt Seafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Trees is as foon as the Leaves 

 begin to decay ; at which time, if 

 they are carefully taken up, and 

 their Branches preferved intire, there 

 will be little Danger of their fuc- 

 ceeding, akho' they are eight or ten 

 Years old, as I have feveral times 

 experienced. 



This Tree del -ghts in a firm rich 

 loamy Sail, or fuch as is inclinable 

 to Chalk or Marl ; and will thrive 

 very well in ilony Ground, and on 

 chalky Hills, as may be feen hy 

 thofe large Plantations near Leather- 

 head, God fane i and Carjhalton in 

 Surry, where are great Numbers of 

 thefe Trees planted upon the Downs; 

 Which annually produce large Quan- 

 tities of Fruit, to the great Advan- 

 tage of their Owners ; one of whom, 

 I have been told, farms the Fruit of 

 his Trees, to thofe who fupply the 

 Markets, for thirty Founds per 

 Annum. 



The Difhnce thefe Trees mould 

 be placed, ought not to be lefs than 

 forty Fee|, efpecially if regard be 

 had to' their Fruit ; though when 

 they are only defigned for Timber, 

 if they Hand near, it promotes their 

 upright Growth. The black Vir- 

 ginian Walnut is much more incline- 

 able to grow upright than the com- 

 mon Sort ; and the Wocd being ge- 

 nerally of a more beautiful Grain, 

 renders it preferable to that, and 

 beutr wwru s£iciva:ing> I have 



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feen fome of this Wood which hath' 

 been beautifully vein'd with Black 

 and White; whkh, when poliuYd, 

 has appear 'd at a Diftance like vein'd 

 Marble. This Wood is greatly 

 eilcem'd by the Cabinet-makers for 

 Inlaying, as alfo for Bedileads, Stools, 

 Tables, and Cabinets ; and is one 

 cf the moll durable Woods for thofe 

 Purpofes yet known, it being rarely 

 infe&cd with Infecls of any Kind 

 (which may proceed from its ex- 

 traordinary Bitternefs) : but it is not 

 proper for Buildings of Strength, it 

 being of a molt brittle Nature, and 

 exceeding fubject to break very 

 (hort, tho' it commonly gives No- 

 tice thereof, by its cracking foms 

 time before it breaks. 



The general Opinion, that the 

 beating of this Fruit improves the 

 Trees, I do not believe, fince in tb& 

 doing of this, the younger Bra nches 

 are geneialiy broken a:id destroyed : 

 but as it would be exceeding trouble- 

 fbme to "gather it by ti-and, fo in-, 

 beating it off, great Care mould be 

 taken that it be not done with Vio- 

 lence, for the Reafon before aflign- 

 ed. In order to preferve the Fruit, 

 it mould remain upon the Trees till it 

 is thorough ripe ; when it mould be- 

 beaten down, and laid in Heaps for 

 two or three Days ; after which they 

 mould be fpread abroad, when, in; 

 a little time, their Hulks wdl eaiily 

 part from the Shells : then you muff- 

 dry them well in the Sun, and lay 

 them up in a dry Place, where Mice 

 or other Vermin cannot come to - 

 them : in which Place they will re- 

 main good for four or five Months : 

 but there are fome Perfons who put 

 their Walnuts into an Oven, gently 

 heated, where they let them remain* 

 four or five Hours to dry ; and then- 

 put them up in oil Jars, or any other 

 clofe Veflef, mixing them with dry 

 Sand ; by vkhich Method they will 



