372 OCTANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Polygonum. 



1415. 5-Gars. 233-Sfect. de la Nat. 32. 2. in \u p. 292 

 r -NaU delin. 20. 4. in 11. /. 312~Lo6* ic. ii. 192. 2-G/r- 

 . s m. 1438. f i-G*r. 1250. 2-Fuchs. 398. 



The j/j/^* being of a vivid crimson have a very beautiful 



March, when the catkins expand. Mr. Woodw 



Catkins in pairs, yellowish green. £<:#/<?, the middle segment 

 pointed at the end. Leaves oval, serrated, wrinkled. Catkins 

 green, when out of flower brown. 



Common HaseLnut Tree. Woods and hedges. T.Mar. Api 



TRIGYNIA. 



POLYG'ONUM. Cal. none : Moss, resembling a 



cup with 5 divisions : seed l, angular; gene- 

 rally naked. 



(1) St$rn herbaceous : jlowers with 5 stamens. 

 amphib'iunn P. Style cloven : spike egg-shaped, 



Var. I . aquatieum* Leaves floating, blunt, very smooth : 



stamens shorter than the blossom, 



Hydx 



m 



Pet. 3. 12. 6-FL dan. 2%2-Dod. 582. 1-Park. 12j4 1 a 

 -H. ox. v. 29. row 2. l-Ger. em. 821.2-ParL I2bi. 2- 

 //. ox. v. 29. row 1. 2./. A-Ger. 675. 2. 



* It is frequently planted in hedges and in coppices, to make charcoal 

 for forges. The owners cut them down in equal portions in the rotation 

 of 16 years, and raise regular revenues out of them : often more than the 

 rent of the land, for freeholders of 1 5I. or 25I. per ann. are known to make 

 constantly 60I. a year from their woods. Pcnn. tour. 1772. p. 29. — The 

 ■wood is used for fishing rods, walking sticks, crates, hoops for barrels, Sec. 

 the shoots for springles to fasten down thatch. The roots are preferred 

 where beautiful wood is required for inlaying or staining. It is a practice 

 in Italy to put the chips of hasel into turbid wme, to clear it, which it 

 does in 24 hours : and in countries where yeast is scarce, they take the 

 twigs of Hasel, and twist them together, so as to be full of chinks : these 

 they steep in ale during its fermentation : then hang them up to dry t antf 

 when they brew again they put them into the wort instead of yeast.— 

 Painters and'eogravers prepare coah for delineating tkeir design thus : they 

 take pieces of Hasel about as thick as a man's arm, and 4 or 5 inches long, 

 dry and then cleave them into pieces about as thick as one's finger. These 

 they put into a large pot full of sand, and then cover the top of the pot 

 with clay. This is exposed in a potter's oven^ or any other sufficient de- 

 gree of heat, and, when cooled again, the sticks are found converted into 

 charcoal, which draws freely, and easily rubs out again. The nuts are 

 agreeable to most people. Squirrels live chiefly upon them. An expresse 

 oil is obtained from them, for the use of painters. — Goats and horses ea 

 the leaves ; sheep and swine refuse them. — The Brindle Spider, and De- 

 cember Moths ; Phalxla Populi, Pavonia, Psi $ Gonouigma } Atttfob"* L< * 

 rj/i ; and Curculio Nucum % feed upon it. 









