WALNUT.
Akrot, Jowz, Khusif, AIL Starga, . . . LAMER.
Than-titan, . . CHEN:tit. Okher, . . . Nta'AL.
Khor, KR, Darga, „ Char-rnughz, . . VERB.
if Kiang-t'au, Girdighan, . . . „ Noix FR. Jouz-i-rtuni, . . . „ Dun, . . . . KANGRA. Ughz, Waghz, .
The walnut tree, Juglans regia, grows wild in the N.W. Hitnalaya at heights from 8000 to 10,000 and 11,000 feet ; but it does not ripen its fruit above 9000. It has long been cultivated in Persia and Turkestan, and has been taken west ward to England and eastward to China. Honig berger states that a twig of the 'walnut tree, Juglans regia, is kept in a room as a means of dispelling flies. The Persian Nvalnut kernels are eaten, or are made into pickles or ketchup. The Kashmirians use the walnut as a dye for black and green colours ; the former, from the ripe fruit, is a • fast' or permanent dye, and the latter is furnished from the walnuts which fall into the ground while they are still green. The
latter colour is not permanent. From the kernel an oil is extracted, Nvhich is used not only for burning in lamps, but also for culinary purposes. It is said also to be made the medium for extract ing the perfume of the jasmine, the yellow rose, and the narcissus. One-fourth of flower is added to three-fourths of oil, and the whole is well corked up in a jar or bottle. It is then exposed to the sun for five or six weeks, by which tirne the oil is found to be sufficiently unpregnated. Walnut oil forms an extensive and profitable article of export into Tibet and Yarkand. Walnut wood Nvas the chief cabinet-wood of Europe before the introduction of mahogany. Black Nvalnut wood (Juglans nignt, L.) is much used in the United States for cabinet-work ; also butternut wood (Juglans cinerea, L.) of the United States. —Stewart.