. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. can species are tender in the North. Though many fungi and insects prey on the Walnut, none of them do very serious damage, the worst being, perhaps, the hick- ory-borer. The wood of the Walnut, which is easily worked and susceptible of receiving a beautiful polish, is
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. can species are tender in the North. Though many fungi and insects prey on the Walnut, none of them do very serious damage, the worst being, perhaps, the hick- ory-borer. The wood of the Walnut, which is easily worked and susceptible of receiving a beautiful polish, is much used for cabinet-making and the interior finish of houses, especially that oft/, nigra and rff//«, which is heavy, strong and durable, and of dark brown color, while thatof ./".cuiecenand Sieboldiana is light and soft. The husks of the nuts are sometimes used for dyeing yellow, and the bark for tanning leather. The husk of '. CiHCJ-ea has some medicinal properties. The nuts of ill species are edible, and are an article of commercial mportance, especially those of the European Walnut, vhich are the best. This species is extensively grown. in the warmer parts of Europe, in California and in the east from Pennsylvania to Georgia. The nuts of the native species are also sold on the market, but mostly gathered in the woods, though a number of improved varieties are in cultivation. J. Sieboldiana and J cordi- ^orau's,with nuts superior to those of the native species, will probably become valuable nut trees where J. regia is too tender: the nuts of both are much valued in .Japan. The Walnut ltchs best in moderately moist, rich soil, but ,,.i i< iiiii^ture-loving and J. regia prefers liilUnL-s. They are not easily transplanted wljcii "Id. r. and tlierefore the nuts are often planted where the trees are to stand, but they may be safely transplanted when 2 or 3 years old, or even later when they have been transplanted in the nursery. Prop,
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