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THE WALNUT-TREE. 



Walnut-tree was the wood which sup- 

 plied^ not our more remote ancestors of the 

 middle ages^ but those who lived from one 

 hundred to three hundred years back^ with 

 materials for all their most valuable household 

 furniture. It is tough and strong ; beautifully 

 streaked and veined ; admitting of a fine 

 polish ; and is obtained in very large boards. 

 In many parts of Europe^ where their distance 

 from the sea, or their poverty, will not permit 

 the people to purchase mahogany, this is still 

 tht cahimUmaktrs' tree^ as in England it used 

 to be called. 



Amongst fruit-trees, the lofty athletic 

 walnut, contending victoriously with the blast 



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