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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

check which is alwaysgiven to taprootedtrees by transplant-ing. Nuts are bestimported from Ame-rica packed in moistloam, or in moistmoss; and, if theyshould germinate be-fore their arrival,they will suffer littleinjury if planted im-mediately.

Insects. The prin-cipal insect that at-tacks the black wal-nut in America is thePhalae'na neogama,or great yellow un-derwing moth. (Jig.1261.) The larva isof a dark brown, sonearly of the colourof the bark, againstwhich it stretches it-self when it lias donefeeding, as hardly tobedistinguished fromit. The perfect in-sect is very beautiful;its wings being of abright yellow, andbright brown. (Abb.and Smith, t. 88.)

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Statistics. Juglans nigra in the Environs of London. At Fulham Palace, 150 years old, it is 50 ft.high ; diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 50 ft. (See p. 43.) At Syon, 79 ft. high ; diameter ofthe trunk 2 ft. 11 in., and of the head 59 ft. The trunk of a walnut tree, grown on the south side ofLake Erie, in North America, was exhibited in London in 1827. It was 12 ft. in diameter, hollowedout, and furnished as a sitting room. The tree was said to have been 150 ft. high, with branches from2 ft. to 4 ft. in diameter. The bark was 1 ft. thick.

Juglans nigra South of London. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years old, it is 52ft. high ; di-ameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 150 ft. In Wiltshire, at Bowood, 35 years planted, it is48 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head 36 ft.

Jiiglans nigra North of London. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 40 years planted, it is 32 ft.high ; diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, it is ‘63 ft.high ; diameter of the trunk 13in., and of the head 29 ft.

Jiiglans nigra in Scotland. In Cromarty, at Tulloch Castle, it is 60 ft. high ; diameter of thetrunk 3 ft., and of the head 42 ft. In Fifeihire, at Donibristle Park, 14 years planted, it is 35 ft. high ;diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 24 ft.

Jiiglans nigra in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 15 years old, it is 18 ft. high. In Limerick,at Auare, is a tree with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter.

Jhglans nigra in France. At Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 60 ft. high,diameter of tne trunk 1 ft. 5 in ; at Colombe, near Metz, 60 years old, it is 20 ft. high, diameter ofthe trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 29 years old, it is29 ft. high, diameter of the trunk I ft., and of the head 19 ft

Juglans nigra in Germany. At Gottingen, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 70 ft.high, with a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it is 12 ft. high, witha trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 24 years planted, it is 20 ft.high. In Austria, near Vienna, at Kopenzel, 25 years planted, it is 16ft. high; in Rosenthal’sNursery, 20 years planted, it is 30 ft. high; at Hadersdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 40 yearsplanted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the head 16 ft.; at Briick on theLeytha, 45 years planted, it is 56 ft. high. At Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted,it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft.

Jiiglans nigra in Italy. In Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 16 ft.; at Desio, near Milan, it is 62 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the head 40 ft.

Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. each, andnuts 9d. per quart; at Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; and at New York, 37)cents.