A SPRAY OF WALNUTS BEFORE
THEY ARE ENTIRELY RIPE AND
THEIR HUSKS REMOVED: THE
CLOSENESS WITH WHIClI THEY
CLING TO THE STEMS AND THE
BEAUTIFUL VENATION OF THE
LEAVES OF THE TREE CAN HERE
BE SEEN WITH DISTINCTNESS:
SUCH A SPRAY OF WALNUTS IS
SFLIDOM SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY
WHERE THEY ARE SENT HUSKED
TO MARKET, BUT IN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES THEY ARE FREQUENT-
LY PLACED ON THE TABLE JUST
.\s THEY ARE TAKEN FROM THE
TREES, THE OBJECT BEING ONE
OF DECORATION, WHILE NOT IN-
TERFERING AT ALL WITH OB-
TAINING THE MEATS INSIDE: A
RECOGNIZED ADVANTAGE OF
ENGLISIH WALNUTS BEING THE
FACILITY WITH WHICH THEY
CAN BE HUSKED AND SHELLEI).


From
Photographs
by
Nathan
R. Grav es.


'LACK WALNUT TREES, Juglanls lligra, AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL
OF THOSE PRO-
DUCED BY THE AMERICAN FOREST AND NOW EXPERIMENTED WITH IN TIlE HOPE OF GAINING
FOR THE
PERSIAN OR ENGLISH WALNUT TREES, Joglauis regia, INCREASED HARDINESS AND
THE ABILITY TO
WINTER IN THE NORTHEASTERN STATES OF THIS COUNTRY.