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tapering at both ends, 

 and they are placed 

 twigs seeming to be 

 for blossom or fruit. 

 deeply notched edges, 

 midrib to margin; the 



Photo by Verne Morton. 

 Chestnut blossoms. 



Note the t\vu pistillate flowers above the staminate catkins. 



THE CHESTNUT 



Teacher's Story 



HIS splendid tree, sometimes reaching the height 

 of one hundred feet, seldom receives the admira- 

 tion due to it, simply because humanity is so 

 much more interested in food than in beauty. 

 The fact that the chestnuts are sought so eagerly 

 has taken away from interest in the appearance 

 of the tree. The chestnut has a great round 

 head set firmly on a handsome bole, which is 

 covered with grayish brown bark divided into 

 rather broad, flat, irregular ridges. The foliage 

 is superb; the long, slender, graceful leaves, 

 are glossy, brilliant green above and paler below; 

 near the ends of the twigs, those of the fruiting 

 arranged in rosettes to make a background 

 The leaves are placed alternately and have 

 the veins extending straight and unbroken from 

 petiole is short. The leaf is like that of the beech, 



