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CHAPTER XXL 



OF WALNUTS.. 



Different Sorts dejcribed — Their Propagation, Planting, and Trim- 

 ming — Great Utility of the Timber — Method of keeping Walnuts 

 in Winter. 



.The Walnut, Juglans, is a native of Perfia ; and the time 

 of its introduction here is not known with certainty. It be- 

 longs to the twenty- fir ft clafs of Linnaeus's Syftem, Moncecia 

 Polyandria. 



Thofe commonly cultivated in this country are the fol- 

 lowing varieties of the common Walnut, viz. the Double 

 Walnut, the Large Walnut, the French Walnut, the Thin- 

 fkinned Walnut, and the Late Walnut. The Hickery Nut 

 from North America, the fruit of which is fmall but well- 

 flavoured, is alfo raifed here, as is the Black Virginia Wal- 

 nut ; but this latter is cultivated chiefly for its timber. There 

 are feveral other forts from North America, which are planted 

 for variety. 



The 



