. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXVII. JUGLANDA^CE^ : CA^RYA. 735 New England to Florida, in fertile soil in woods. Height 60 ft. to 100 ft. Introduced in 1656. Flowers greenish; April and May. Fruit with a green husk, enclosing a brown nut. Varieties. None are in cultivation; but a hybrid between this species and J. n
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXVII. JUGLANDA^CE^ : CA^RYA. 735 New England to Florida, in fertile soil in woods. Height 60 ft. to 100 ft. Introduced in 1656. Flowers greenish; April and May. Fruit with a green husk, enclosing a brown nut. Varieties. None are in cultivation; but a hybrid between this species and J. nigra has been noticed in p. 733. The growth of the tree is remarkably quick, more so than that of the Eu- ropean walnut. At 8 or 10 years of age it begins to bear, and age increases its fertility. No tree will grow under its shade, and even grass is injured by it. In 40 years, in good soil, it will attain the height of from 50 ft. to 60 ft. The heart-wood, which is black, remains sound for a long period, when ex- posed to heat and moisture; but the sap-wood speedily decays. When pro- perly seasoned, the wood is strong, tough, and not liable to warp or split. It is never attacked by worms, and has a grain sufficiently fine and compact to admit of a beautiful polish. The tree is universally raised from the nut, which, after being imported, ought to be sown immediately, as it seldom retains its vital power more than six months after it has ripened. tf 3. J. cine'kea L. The geey-branched Walnut Tree, or Butler-nut. Idenlificalion. Lin. Sp. PI., 1416.; WlUd. Sp. PI., i. p. 466. ; Pursh Sept., 2. p. 636. Synmiymes. J. cath&rtica IJorth Amer. Sylva, 1. p. 160—165. t. 31. ; J. obl6nga Milt. Did. No. 3.; Oil-nut, White Walnut, Amer.; Noyer cendre, Fr.; graue Walnuss, Ger. Engravings, Micbx. Arb., 2, ; Miclix. North Amer. Sylva, t. 31.; and OMTjig. 1418. Spec. Char., Sfc. Petiole villous. Leaflets, in a leaf, 15—17 ; lanceolate, rounded at the base, serrate with shallow teet
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