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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



place a tile below tlie nut, that the roots may be obliged to 

 spread out horizontally. 



The nursery practice of rearing walnuts, is to sow the seeds 

 either when gathered or in the February or March following, 

 in beds of moderately rich ground, and the trees are managed 

 similar to those which have originated in the same way. In 

 transplanting walnuts, either in the nursery or at a future 

 period of their growth, great care should be taken that their roots 

 be as little injured as possible, neither should their branches 

 hv l)r()keii upon any account, both of which is injurious to 

 them. The best time for transplanting them is in autumn, as 

 soon after the foliage drops as possible ; and trees of a small 

 size, let it be remembered, will succeed better than such as 

 are large. The walnut seems impatient of pruning, and is, 

 u})on the whole, more injured by an application of the knife 

 than an almost total neglect of it. The i)runing of nature is 

 the best for this tree, in common with several other forest 

 trees : and if planted in the grove manner, either by them- 

 selves or along with other trees, the lashing of each other's 

 l)ranclH's will be sufficient to effect what the pruning-knife 

 never could have done, without evident injury to the timber. 



Willow.— (Salix.) 



Although some species of willow attain the size of timber- 

 trees, by far the greater portion of them are small shrubs, and 

 only fit for cultivating in osier grounds. Of those that attain 

 a timber size may be noticed, as the best, S'aiix alha, the 

 Huntingdon willow, and Salix liusselliariay the Bedford wil- 

 low. The upland willow of Ponty, appears to be only a va- 

 riety of the former, and is distinguished by its silvery-like 

 leaves and deep red shoots. 



The Huntingdon willow attains the size of a lofty tree, and 

 seems common over all Europe, being found both in a natural 

 and cultivated state in Russia, Sweden, and Italy. The Bed- 

 ford willow is so called in compliment to His Grace the Duke 

 of Bedford, who is an enthusiastic encourager of every thing 

 connected with rural economy and the arts. The \\'oburn 



