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continues she, " that a single tree has been known to 

 produce sixty thousand walnuts yearly ; and a respectable 

 proprietor of Sudac told me that a tree in his possession 

 bears annually forty thousand*.*^ 



Mr. Sass tells us that the road from Milan to the 

 Simplon is bordered, for some distance, with walnut and 

 chestnut trees, and continues through vineyards and plan- 

 tations of mulberries, to Sesto-f-. " The Bergstras,*" 

 says Evelyn, " (which extends from Heidelberg to 

 Darmstadt) is all planted with Walnuts, so as that a 

 man may ride for many miles under a continued arbour, 

 or close walk, refreshed both by their fruit and theii* 

 shade." 



" How would such public plantations improve the 

 glory and wealth of a nation proceeds he : " But 

 where shall we find the spirit among our countrymen ? 

 Yes, I will adventure to instance in those plantations of 

 Sir Richard Stidolph, upon the Downs, near Leather- 

 head, in Surrey, Sir Robert Clayton, at Morden, near 

 Godstone (once belonging to Sir John Evelyn), and so 

 about Cassoulton ; where many thousands of these trees 

 do celebrate the industry of the owners, and will cer- 

 tainly reward it with infinite improvement, as I am as- 

 sured they do already, and that very considerably 



Although the Walnut is not very dainty in its soil or 

 situation, it is said to prefer the vale to the hill, because 

 better sheltered from keen winds : 



" The walnut loving vales — = " 



says Browne. 



* Mrs. Holclerness's New Russia, p. 285. 

 t Sass's Journey to Rome and Naples, p. 308. 

 : Sylva, vol. i. p, 169. 



