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out of Virginia , wherethey abound,.and bear a squarer nut ; of all others chapt fx,the most beautiful and best worth planting: Indeed, had we store ofthese, we should soon despise the rest; yet those of Grenoble come inthe next place, and are much prized by our cabinet-makers. At allevents, be sure to plant from young and thriving trees, bearing full andplump kernels. It is said that the Walnut kernel wrapped in its ownleaf, 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 youdo the Chesnut, being planted of the nut, or set at the distance you wouldhave them stand ; for which they may be prepared by beating them off the

3. JUGLANS (alba) foliolis septenis lanceolatis serratis: imparl sefsili. Lin. Sp.PI. 1415. Nux juglans alba Virginiensis. Park. Theat. 1414. White Virginia wal-nut ; called hickery nut.

This is very common inmost parts of North America , where it is called Hickery Nut. The leavesare composed of two or three pair of oblong lobes, terminated by an odd one ', these are of alight green, and sawed on their edges ; the lower pair of lobes are the smallest, and the upperthe 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. Jtjglans alba fructu minoricorticeglabro. Clayt. Flor. Virg. 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; theseare narrow at their-base, but broad and rounded at their ends; they are sawed on theiredges, and are of a light green. The. nuts are small, have a smooth shell, and are very hardand white.

2. JUGLANS foliolis lanceolatis serratis glabris subaequalibus. Walnut with smooth, .spear-shaped, sawed haves, which are equal. Juglans alba fructu ovato comprefso, nucleo dulci,cortice squamoso. Clayt. Flor. Virg. White Walnut with an oval comprefsed 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 ontheir 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 with a verysmooth 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 undents lanceolatis basi altera breviore. Lin. .$p,

PL 1415., The fennsylyania walnut-tree. . * *.