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out of Virginia, where they abound, and bear a squarer nut ; of all others CHAP. IX. 

 the most beautiful and best worth planting : Indeed, had we store of '^■^V^ 

 these, we should soon despise the rest ; yet those of Grenoble come in 

 the next place, and are much prized by our cabinet-makers. At all 

 events, be sure to plant from young and thriving trees, bearing full and 

 plump kernels. It is said that the Walnut kernel wrapped in its own 

 leaf, being carefully taken out of its shell, brings a nut without shell ; 

 but this is a trifle. The best way to raise them, is to set them as you 

 do the Chestnut, being planted of the nut, or set at the distance you would 

 have them stand; for which they may be prepared by beating them off the 



3. JUGLANS (avba) foliolis septenis-lanceolatis sei-ratis : imparl sessili. Lin. Sp. 

 PL 14)15. Nux juglans alba Virginiensis. Park. Theat. 1414!. White Virginia walnut; 

 called HiCKERY nut. 



This is very common in most parts of North America, where it is called Hickery Nut. The 

 Jeaves are composed of two or three pair of oblong lobes, terminated by an odd one; these 

 are of a light green, and sawed on their edges ; the lower pair of lobes are the smallest, and 

 the upper the largest. The fruit is shaped like the common Walnut; but the shell is not 

 furrowed, and is of a light colour. The two following are varieties of this species : 



1. JUGLANS foliolis cuneiformibus serratis, exterioribus majoribus. Walnut with wedge- 

 shaped leaves, which are sawed, the outer being the largest. Juglans alba fructii minori cortice 

 glabro. Clayt. Flor. Vii-g. White walnut with a smaller fruit, and a smooth bark. 



The leaves of this sort are composed of two pair of lobes, terminated by an odd one; these 

 are narrow at their base, but broad and rounded at their ends ; they are sawed on their 

 edges, and are of a light green. The nuts are small, have a smooth shell, and are very 

 hard and white. ' 



2. JUGLANS foliolis lanceolatis serratis glabris subasqualibus. Walnut with smooth, 

 spear-shaped, sawed leaves, which are equal, Juglans alba fructu ovato compresso, nucleo dulci, 

 cortice squamoso. Clayt. Flor. Virg. White Walnut with an oval, compressed fruit, a sweet 

 kernel, and a scaly bark ; called in America Shag-bark. 



This kind grows naturally in North America, where it rises to a middling stature. The leaves 

 are composed of three pair of smooth spear-shaped lobes, of a dark green colour, sawed oii 

 their edges, and ending in acute points. The fruit is oval, the shell white, hard, and smooth, 

 the kernel small, but very sweet. The young shoots of the tree are covered wit h a very 

 smooth brownish bark, but the stems and older branches have a rough scaly bark, from 

 whence it has the appellation of Shag-bark. 



4. JUGLANS ( ciNEREA ) foliolis undenis-lanceolatis basi altera breviore. Lin. Sp. 

 PI. 14<15. The Pennsylvania walnvt-tree. 



