The WaLxNut Tree. 



dued by the shade, and until there were a beautiful wood to 

 supply its place, as an object of profit. 



562. No tree when cut down after being planted, throws 

 out a stronger and more vigorous shoot than the Black Wal- 

 nut ; but this tree should not be cut down until the second 

 year after being planted, because its root is rather shy, and 

 does not become strong enough to send up a firm and long 

 and vigorous shoot, when that root has stood only one year 

 in the ground. These trees, therefore, should be cut down 

 the second year after planting. Great care should be taken 

 that none but one shoot be left to go up, and the pruning 

 of the stem, to make that one shoot cover the cut at the 

 bottom, should be even more carefully attended to than in 

 the case of the Tulip tree. 



563. This tree, as was before observed, is prone to throw 

 out large side-shoots, when young ; and, of course, to have 

 great limbs at no very great distance from the ground. In 

 a wood, it would be desirable to prevent this spreading too 

 soon, and great care ought to be taken to prune ofi* the bot- 

 tom side-shoots in time, with a sharp knife and a close and 

 smooth cut; and to continue to do this as the tree mounts, 

 until you have got a trunk of the length you wish to have. 



564. If the trees be intended to produce knees, then they 

 may be suffered to spread much earlier. As independent 

 trees, or three or four together standing in a clump, or in 

 lines to form an avenue, you might have them according to 

 your taste, with long trunks or short trunks; but the best 

 taste, probably, would be to prune them up with a straight 

 trunk to about forty feet high, or then let their heads 

 spread till they meet. The avenue ought not to be less than 

 forty feet wide, and at this distance from each other the 



